APOLDA, Germany (Reuters) - In a beer hall in eastern Germany, locals are toasting the man they are counting on to see out Chancellor Angela Merkel and her brand of liberal conservatism.
Friedrich Merz, whose line on Syrian asylum-seekers is "we can't accept you here", goes down well with his audience as he campaigns to succeed Merkel as leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU) and possibly the country.
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