The race to succeed Angela Merkel as German leader was thrown wide open on Monday as Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the woman long seen as her anointed heir, said she would not run for chancellor in next year’s election. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer is also to stand down as leader of the Christian Democrati
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