Angela Merkel picked as candidate for chancellor
Wednesday, 08/02/2017 09:29 (GMT+7)
On February 6th, the Christian Social Union (CSU) – the Bavarian sister party to the Christian Democrats Union (CDU) agreed to pick Angela Merkel as the official candidate for Chancellor in a September 24th election.
Ms. Angela Merkel (Photo: EPA/VNA)
Angela Merkel, born in 1954, is best known as the first female chancellor of Germany and one of the architects of the European Union.
Merkel’s hopes of securing a fourth term as chancellor in September rely on CDU remaining the largest party. The chancellor is usually selected from the most popular party after a parliamentary vote.
CDU and CSU are two of the three ruling parties of Germany, along with the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
As for the SPD, it chose Mr. Martin Schulz, former President of European Parliament, as the Chancellor candidate./.
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