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Added on the 20/04/2021 06:52:00 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Armin Laschet, CDU candidate, holds a rally in Bremen, Germany. In the closing stretch before September 26 polls that will see Merkel bow out after 16 years, surveys show her CDU-CSU alliance trailing the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). IMAGES
Berlin, Apr 19 (EFE / EPA) .- Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), ratified Monday its support for centrist Armin Laschet as a candidate for the German Chancellery in the next general elections. (Camera: CLEMENS BILAN)SHOT LIST: FOOTAGE OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHRISTIAN-DEMOCRATIC UNION (CDU) IN BERLIN (GERMANY).
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the final rally ahead of the September 26th elections for CDU candidate Armin Laschet. The election on Sunday will mark the end of Merkel's 16 years in power and the beginning of a rare period of unpredictability in Europe's top economy, with the race too close to call. IMAGES
Armin Laschet, the CDU candidate for the German federal chancellorship supported by Angela Merkel, arrives at the Élysée Palace to meet French President Emmanuel Macron. IMAGES
Supporters of the German CDU party cheer during an election event at the announcement that Angela Merkel's conservatives scored a convincing win at state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. Exit polls show the CDU under new party chief Armin Laschet won between 35 and 36 percent of the vote, with the anti-immigration party on between 22.5 and 23.5 percent. IMAGES
Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party picks her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader, in a key vote that kicks off the race for Germany's top job as a deadly pandemic roils Europe's biggest economy. In the close race, state premier of Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia Laschet triumphed over old Merkel nemesis Friedrich Merz (521 votes vs 466 votes), after a first round that saw Merz leading by just five votes. IMAGES
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