Merkel and would-be successor Armin Laschet congratulate rival Olaf Scholz on election win
Germany‘s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her would-be successor Armin Laschet have congratulated Finance Minister Olaf Scholz from the rival Social Democrats on his Sunday election victory, as Merkel’s conservatives remain in disarray after the vote. It comes after CDU leader Armin Laschet was criticised for not publicly congratulating Scholz after Germany’s conservative Party suffered … Read more