Germany’s Christian Democrats on Friday elected Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a moderate former state premier, as their new leader to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel, Politico reports.
Merkel announced in October that she would resign as head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), though she is hoping to remain chancellor, after being reelected in September of 2017.
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