Reassuring, not very charismatic, the holder of the Merkel line, Armin Laschet, was elected on Saturday January 16 president of the conservative party CDU, in Germany.
With a majority of 521 votes of the 1,001 delegates called to vote, Armin Laschet is ahead of Friedrich Merz (466 votes), the Chancellor's historic rival and in favor of a change of the bar to the right, according to the results of an internal ballot, and is positions to lead the conservative camp to the general election in September.
With AFP
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