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Merkel party's crisis deepens as designated successor quits

by Associated Press
| February 10, 2020 2:30 AM

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party plunged deeper into crisis Monday following a debacle in a regional election, as the long-time German leader's successor unexpectedly announced that she wouldn't stand for the chancellorship.

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