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Megan’s Megacan: The Dawn of Armin

The CDU has picked Armin Laschet to be its new leader, just as the polar vortex shifts. Coincidence? And why can't Friedrich Merz be Economy Minister if he says he wants to be?

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It’s over. A yearlong ordeal has come to an end as the CDU finally picks a new leader, in the comforting shape of Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia. We can all rest. And yet even that could not dent the self-confidence of second-time loser Friedrich Merz. The Andes Pact lives on. Cheers.