Thursday, January 26, 2017

#GERMANY: Vice-Chancellor Makes Surprise Announcement: Won't Challenge Merkel In Election

[world politics news]


Vice Chancellor and leader of Germany's Social Democrats, Sigmar Gabriel, made the surprise announcement this week that he would not run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in September's general election. Gabriel told Die Zeit newspaper that he would recommend that former European Parliament president Martin Schulz take his place as SPD party chairman and candidate for chancellor.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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