"With Armin Laschet, it is the reassuring line of the CDU which won"

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Armin Laschet.

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By: Florent Guignard

7 min

The party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the CDU, has a new leader in the person of Armin Laschet, elected by the Christian Democratic Party with a narrow majority, 52%.

Hélène Miard-Delacroix, professor of history and civilization of contemporary Germany at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, answers Florent Guignard's questions.

  • Germany

  • Angela Merkel