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Armin Laschet, holder of the Merkel line and not very charismatic favorite

2021-01-15T19:49:48.920Z


PORTRAIT - The president of the North Rhine-Westphalia region strives to appear as the worthy, reassuring heir of the Chancellor.


In Berlin

One affects placidity and, like a sphinx, remains with fingers crossed above the waist.

The other blushes readily like a toddler, when he is the object of a pike or a flattery.

The style and postures of Armin Laschet differ from those of Angela Merkel but the president of the region of North Rhine-Westphalia is working to appear as the worthy heir, reassuring, of the chancellor.

And he appears as the favorite among delegates to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's estate.

Chancellor, that's another story, but over time, his ambitions asserted themselves: the candidate does not intend to be satisfied with managing a party.

He wants to lead Germany.

“The 16 years under Angela Merkel's leadership have been good years.

And it is important that we do not make any choice of breaking with the Chancellor, but on the contrary that of continuity ”,

recently insisted Armin Laschet in front of the foreign press club in Berlin.

This alignment is largely

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Source: lefigaro

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