Federal Economics Minister Peter Altmaier and Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (both CDU) are renouncing their Bundestag mandates.

The Saarland Prime Minister and CDU state chairman Tobias Hans announced on Saturday in Saarbrücken.

The two ministers are clearing the way for Nadine Schön and Markus Uhl, who will then join the Bundestag as successors from the CDU state list.

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