BERLIN: Martin Schulz will officially become Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief challenger in Germany’s September general election as he set out his plans for unseating the world’s most powerful woman.

The Social Democrat, already credited with giving his ailing party a strong shot in the arm, will be anointed SPD leader and standard bearer at a one-day congress in Berlin.

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