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BORIS JOHNSON being snubbed by the EU over plans to speak directly with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been dubbed an "insult to every Briton".

Former US President Barack Obama draws up, in his memoirs published Tuesday, amused, sometimes scathing, portraits of his former counterparts.

Scheduled for December 4, the congress of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is postponed to next year due to a pandemic. The candidate currently best placed to assume the presidency of the party, Friedrich Merz, does not take offense. The stakes are high, as the next party chairman could also be Chancellor Merkel's candidate for succession.