Former Finance Minister To Challenge Merkel in Upcoming Election

Germany’s main opposition party announced Friday its candidate to run against incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year’s federal election.
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Former Finance Minister To Challenge Merkel in Upcoming Election
Former German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück gives a speech on Dec. 6, 2011 in Berlin during the annual federal congress of the German Social Democratic Party. Sebastian Kahnert/AFP/Getty Images
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Former German finance minister Peer Steinbrück.

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