Norbert Rottgen

Greece awaits Merkel’s successor at helm of CDU

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 18:11

With three candidates vying on Friday and Saturday to take over the leadership of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor, Greece is weighing who could best serve its interest - Armin Laschet, premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Norbert Rottgen, chairman of the Bundestag's foreign affairs committee, and Friedrich Merz, a corporate lawyer and former MP.

German political establishment shocked at Trump victory

Published by Protothema on Wed, 11/09/2016 - 09:57

Donald Trump’s unprecedented victory in the US elections has sent shockwaves across the globe. In a first reaction, the German political establishment received the news with sense of “panic”, with Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen stating the developments in the US elections were “a huge shock”.