‘Sanders is 14 years & a heart attack older than me’ – top contender to ...

One of the top contenders for the leadership of Germany’s CDU party decided to capitalize on the US presidential race and name-dropped Senator Bernie Sanders to prove that he’s not too old to be Angela Merkel’s successor. Business executive and former lawmaker Friedrich Merz, who seeks to lead the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), brought up the independent senator from Vermont to make a point about his age not being a disadvantage. “When I...