Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to quit as CDU leader amid far-right `firewall` row
(The Guardian Germany)

Successor to Angela Merkel also says she won´t run for chancellorship of GermanyAngela Merkel´s designated successor has announced she is not planning to run for the German chancellorship at the next federal election and plans to step down as leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), German media reported on Monday morning.The surprise announcement comes in the middle of a major row over the centre-right party´s `firewall` against the far-right, in which CDU delegates in eastern Germany have defied the party headquarter´s ban on cooperating with the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Continue reading...