Merkel's party picks new leader in Germany

By Thomas Escritt and Caroline Copley
Updated January 17 2021 - 3:44am, first published 3:38am
Armin Laschet has been chosen as the new leader of the Christian Democrats party in Germany.
Armin Laschet has been chosen as the new leader of the Christian Democrats party in Germany.

Centrist politician Armin Laschet has positioned himself as the man to heal divisions among Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union after they chose him to lead the party, putting him in pole position to succeed her as Germany's chancellor.

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