CDU’s Laschet rues laughing as his ratings drop

CDU’s Laschet rues laughing as his ratings drop — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) chancellor-candidate Armin Laschet is still dealing with fallout from the “Laschet laughs” incident, when the Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia was caught on camera bursting into laughter in the course of a visit to flood-hit areas in his state, while observing Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steienmeier deliver a compassionate speech to stricken residents.