If all goes well for him, the unprepossessing figure you see here will be the chancellor of Germany by the end of the year. Probably the best way to think of Armin Laschet is as someone with the ...

MUNICH — Polls show many German conservatives want to switch out their parties’ candidate for chancellor just six weeks before the election, but the more popular pick says he won’t oblige. The chosen ...

BERLIN — Armin Laschet, leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU), will be the conservative candidate for chancellor in September’s general election after his rival Markus Söder conceded defeat.

A total of 31 of the 46 members of the Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) executive body backed Mr Laschet in a secret vote. He beat the main rival Markus Soder, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, who ...

German Christian Democratic Union Party Leader Armin Laschet briefs the media after a meeting of the party's board at the headquarters in Berlin, Germany, April 12, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Angela ...

Last week, 59-year-old Armin Laschet was elected the chairperson of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany’s ruling party. The CDU, along with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social ...

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Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will exit the world stage in less than six months, and the fight for her seat is pitting the leaders of two sister parties against one another. By Melissa Eddy ...

During late-night talks, the CDU's Armin Laschet and the Bavarian CSU sister party's Markus Söder failed to reach an agreement on who would lead the conservatives ...

Candidate for chancellor Armin Laschet speaks during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in Hagen, Germany Sept 5, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Armin Laschet, the chancellor candidate ...

Laschet, the 60-year-old premier for North Rhine-Westphalia was picked over Markus Soder, the popular leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union. Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's ruling Christian ...

Bavarian state premier Markus Söder has lent his support to Christian Democrat (CDU) leader Armin Laschet. Söder, who leads the CDU's Bavarian sister party, had until now been a contender to fight for ...