Merkel’s Chosen Successor Steps Aside. The Far Right Cries Victory.

By KATRIN BENNHOLD from NYT World https://ift.tt/37hHpWI
via IFTTT Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said she would quit after her conservative party voted with the far right in one German state. Her decision leaves the race to succeed Angela Merkel wide open, and the country in deep disarray.