FILE PHOTO: New CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer talks with former CDU chief and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party congress in Hamburg, Germany, December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The leader of Germany's ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) and heir presumptive to Angela Merkel said she had no ambition to succeed her as chancellor until 2021 ahead of a major test of popularity at this month's European election.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who last December won a party leadership contest as Merkel - Europe's longest-serving leader - sets the stage for her gradual exit from politics, said she had no desire to accelerate the process.
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