BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior German conservative lawmaker Norbert Roettgen said on Tuesday he would join the race to take over as leader of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), a surprise candidacy that deepens the struggle for the party's future.
Merkel's protegee, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, threw the party into turmoil last week by saying she would not stand as chancellor in the next federal election, due by Oct. 2021, and would give up the CDU party chair.
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