germany: merkel throws in the towel

Ever since Merkel took office in 2005, Kauder had chaired the party caucus and pushed the party's MPs to rubber stamp all of Merkel's ideas, many of which were contrary to what the party used to stand for: the sudden nuclear phase-out after the tsunami in Japan in March 2011 (only months after Merkel's..

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