After Merkel apologizes, she gets angry — and yes, she's looking at you, Armin Laschet. The head of Merkel's CDU party and Germany's most populous state, Laschet is keen to fill the seat in the chancellery after September's general elections. But his Bavarian counterpart, Markus Söder, might have the upper hand.

Political correspondent Christina Lewinsky (WELT-Fernsehen and Sat1 Bayern) talks to us about Söder's chancellor chances — and if he wants to roll the dice at all.

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