Overview
- Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told The Pioneer she is ready to run for the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung chair.
- Several KAS board members have formally proposed Kramp-Karrenbauer for the post succeeding Norbert Lammert in December.
- Günter Krings is reported as a potential rival and a preferred choice of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, though he has not declared and says he will comment in due course.
- The 55-member KAS assembly is scheduled to elect the next chair on December 19, a body that has previously acted independently of CDU leadership preferences.
- The foundation has cut roughly 100 jobs and shut offices in Myanmar, Madagascar and Zimbabwe following funding reductions, heightening the operational stakes for the incoming chair.