German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hand-picked successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, has abruptly announced her intention to quit as party leader, Bloomberg reports.
Germany’s ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union, has been scandalized after some of its local politicians in the state of Thuringia voted with the far-right Alternative for Germany party to install a regional leader. Kramp-Karrenbauer had given clear orders not to collaborate with the AfD at any level.
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