Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: In contrast, the seats projection for both Labour and Likud has dropped by two. Mofaz announced on Sunday that he had decided to pull out of the campaign to succeed Sharon as leader of Likud, which he said was veering towards right-wing extremism, and would instead link up with the premier's new centrist party.

succeed