Ovation for Merkel ally Guttenberg on his political come-back


Former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg attends a CSU election campaign in Kulmbach, southern Germany August 30, 2017, ahead of the upcoming federal election. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

BERLIN (Reuters) - The man once touted as Germany's chancellor-in-waiting before his sudden fall from grace made his long-anticipated return to German politics on Wednesday with a speech hailing Angela Merkel as the right person to steer her country in uncertain times.

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who was Germany's most popular politician until brought down, aged just 38, by the revelation that he had plagiarized his doctorate, presented himself as a chastened figure.

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