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Merkel urges German voters to back CDU's Laschet
By EUobserver
Chancellor Angela Merkel has made an impassioned plea to German voters to back her would-be successor, Armin Laschet, at this month's national election, as an opinion poll showed support for the conservatives slumping to an all-time low, Reuters writes. The latest Forsa opinion poll puts the Social Democrat (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz on 25 percent, while CDU/CSU's candidate Laschet is only on 19 percent.