Armin Laschet, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU), won the backing of senior party members at an internal meeting on Monday night (19 April) to run as the conservative chancellor candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at the September election.

CDU party board backs Laschet to run as German conservative chancellor candidate

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CDU party board backs Laschet to run as German conservative chancellor candidate