The two rivals vying to be the candidate for chancellor, Christian Democrat leader Armin Laschet and Markus Söder, the head of the bloc’s Bavarian wing, each made an opening pitch, followed by more ...

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Polls indicate that the bloc would win more votes with the charismatic Soeder at the helm, although a Bavarian leader has never won a national election in post-war Germany. "It feels very strange ...

Meanwhile, the party’s Bavarian ... as Merkel’s succession evolves into an ideological battle over where the CDU, which has governed for Germany for most of its post-World War II history ...