Category: Armin Laschet

Germany’s Laschet Says Trusts ECB to Keep Inflation in Check

September 18, 2021
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FRANKFURT—Armin Laschet, the conservative candidate bidding to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in this month’s election, said he was confident the European Central Bank (ECB) would achieve price stability, as accelerating inflation hits savers. “For me, it’s alarming when small savings, pensions, life insurances and building loan contracts lose value,” Laschet was quoted as telling…

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German Conservative State Election Win Boosts Laschet’s Chancellery Hopes

June 6, 2021
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MAGDEBURG, Germany—Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives looked set for a resounding victory in a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday, in a boost to Armin Laschet, who hopes to succeed her in September’s national election. An exit poll for public broadcaster MDR had the Christian Democrats (CDU) on 36 percent, up more than six points…

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Centrist Laschet picked to lead Merkel’s divided CDU party

January 16, 2021
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BERLIN—Centrist Armin Laschet positioned himself on Saturday as the man to heal divisions among Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats after they chose him to lead the party, putting him in pole position to succeed her as Germany’s chancellor. Laschet, premier of the country’s most populous state and the self-styled Merkel continuity candidate, beat arch-conservative Friedrich Merz…

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Armin Laschet Elected to Lead Merkel’s Party

January 16, 2021
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BERLIN—Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party on Saturday chose Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader—sending a signal of continuity months before an election in which voters will decide who becomes the new chancellor. Laschet defeated Friedrich Merz, a conservative and one-time Merkel rival, at an online convention of the Christian…

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