Armin Laschet has signalled he is prepared to step down as leader of Germany’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union after the party slumped to its worst election result.
In a statement on Thursday evening Laschet said he would propose a party conference next week to elect a new leader. “We need an overhaul of our personnel structures and?.?.?. we need to do it quickly,” he said.
Laschet has come under mounting pressure to resign since the CDU’s disastrous showing in the September 26 election, which was narrowly won by Germany’s left-of-centre Social Democrats (SPD).
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