The three candidates for the chairmanship of the Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, Norbert Roettgen, left, Armin Laschet, center, and Friedrich Merz, right, attends an event of the party's youth organisation, Junge Union (JU) in Berlin, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party CDU on again delayed a decision on who will become its new leader, putting off a convention planned for December in a move that irked one of the leading contenders. Whoever wins the Christian Democratic Union's leadership will be in pole position to become the center-right candidate to succeed Merkel as chancellor in next year's German election, though that isn't guaranteed. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
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