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Supporters react after German parliament election at the Social Democratic Party, SPD, headquarters in Berlin, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)

Germany embarks on tricky search for post-Merkel government

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Armin Laschet, chairman of the German Christian Democratic party (CDU), addresses the media during a statement in front of the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Laschet wins battle to lead Merkel’s bloc in German election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

The chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU), ArminLaschet, left, and the chairman of the German Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, right, after a statement folowing a closed meeting of the federal parliament factions of both partys in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, April 11, 2021. The two party chairmen and German state governors want to become the center-right candidate for the country's Sept. 26 national election, the German news agency dpa reported Sunday. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool Photo via AP)

Merkel’s bloc spars over who will run for German chancellor

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Christian Democratic Union, CDU, party chairman and Prime Minister of federal state North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet speaks at the kick-off event of the participation campaign for the party's election platform at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. On Sunday, Sept.27, 2021 general elections planed in Germany. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Leader of Merkel’s party vows to boost German voters’ trust

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2020 file photo, the three candidates for the chairmanship of the Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, Friedrich Merz, left, Norbert Roettgen, center, and Armin Laschet, right, take part in a discussion at the party's headquarters in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party, the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, is choosing a new leader on the weekend Saturday Jan. 16 and Sunday Jan. 17, 2021, a decision that will help determine who succeeds Merkel at the helm of the European Union's biggest economy after a 16-year reign.Background slogan reads: 'CDU Chairmanship: The candidate round'. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Germany: Merkel’s party elects pragmatic Laschet as leader

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press