Leader of Merkel's sister party to give up party leadership

BERLIN, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Leader of Germany's Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer, who is also German Interior Minister, is to give up party leadership, news agency DPA reported on Sunday.

The formal declaration will be made during the coming week and a new chairman will be elected in a special party meeting in 2019. Enditem