Shock resignation of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has laid bare deep divides in CDU party
Germany was plunged into political crisis this week when members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) – a conservative party that has governed and shaped the country in 50 out of the past 70 years – defied a party ban on cooperating with the rightwing populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), siding with them to elect a state leader in the small eastern state of Thuringia.
The shock move highlighted the inability of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the CDU’s leader, to impose discipline.
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