
Germany
The man lined up to be Angela Merkel’s successor
JOHN KAMPFNER on Armin Laschet – the man now lined up as Angela Merkel’s successor. It was the ‘Merkel Machine’ which helped secure the close victory. After a lacklustre campaign, Armin Laschet hobbled over the line for the leadership of Germany’s largest party, the CDU, thanks to some last-minute lobbying and arm-twisting from the chancellor and […]