Who Could Possibly Replace Merkel? Here Are Some Names That Stand Out Several potential successors are positioning themselves to take over Ms. Merkel’s conservative party and, eventually, the German chancellery. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Trilobites: In the Wild, Goldfish Turn From Pet to Pest‘Fees Must Fall’: Anatomy of the Student Protests in South AfricaWith Boeing Deal, Americans Are Coming to IranSidelined at the U.N., a Frustrated Taiwan Presses OnDeath Toll in Yemen From Saudi-Led Airstrikes Reaches 32Death Toll Rises to 52 After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Egypt