Even before the Bundestag elections, Armin Laschet's campaign to become the CDU/ CSU's candidate

BERLIN( AFP)-Pressure was mounting Tuesday( Sept 28) on Mr Armin Laschet to quit after his

Christian Democratic Union party and candidate for Chancellery Armin Laschet, left, visit the fire station

Laschet as conservative candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in September's election

.... The battle is between Merkel’s center-right Union bloc with state governor Armin Laschet running for

Armin Laschet unleashed a salvo of attacks against frontrunner Olaf Scholz as candidates to replace

BERLIN( Reuters)-Germany's conservative CDU chancellor candidate Armin Laschet said his party could

chancellor Armin Laschet listens next to CDU member and candidate for the German Bundestag, Joe

BERLIN( Reuters)-Germany's conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor apologised

Under Germany's complex electoral system, every voter gets two votes--one for a directly elected lawmaker and the other for a party list. The Federal Election Commission said on Twitter that the vote" is valid". German election 2021: Who's who in the race to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor?... The electoral board must reject voters who have folded the ballot paper in such a way that the vote can be seen.... This is to ensure that other voters are not influenced," it explained on Twitter."