AUTONEWS

Germany: at the start in Leipzig, the CDU congress


Fri, 22 Nov 2019 09:43:14 +0100

BERLIN, 22 NOV - The congress of the CDU opens today in Leipzig, with the leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer being severely tested: with 26% approval, after several electoral disappointments, Angela Merkel's party is increasingly nervous, and There is widespread discontent with the woman who succeeded the Chancellor at the helm of Christian Democrats last year when she defeated Friedrich Merz and Jens Spahn. After the greeting of the Bundeskanzlerin, Akk will take the floor, but there is also much concern for the role of Merz, pushed by the conservative wing of the party and ready to have his say also in this circumstance. The wealthy lawyer has not disappeared from the scene, and intends to assert the consensus he has within the party, where many would like him to lead. At stake, even if not explicitly, is the choice of the future candidate for the chancellery.