Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's path to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany'...
BERLIN - Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s path to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s chancellor seemed clear when she replaced her as leader of the governing Christian Democrats last December.
After a number of public gaffes, including poking fun at trans-gender people in a light-hearted carnival speech, her ratings have slumped. On her watch, the CDU suffered losses in an election to the European Parliament in May and has had mixed success in regional elections. The stakes are high. A messy transition of power would risk destabilizing Germany after a decade of economic expansion under Merkel, who for years has been the EU’s most influential head of government, helping guide the bloc through multiple crises.
But the CDU’s youth wing and a sister party which is part of Merkel’s coalition government have expressed their reservations about her and now say they want a ballot of members on who should be the conservative bloc’s next candidate as chancellor.Even Kramp-Karrenbauer’s close supporters have privately told Reuters she is suffering a loss of confidence after a baptism of fire as party chair.
“We all make mistakes, that’s not the problem. She made a few avoidable mistakes,” said a senior CDU official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. After referring to “mistakes” made by Kramp-Karrenbauer, he told the conservatives’ youth wing at the weekend: “I can understand that there will be discussion about how things proceed, about how further personnel decisions should perhaps be made ... If you want me on board, then I’m on board!”
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