China News Service, January 16 According to a report from Agence France-Presse on the 16th, Germany’s ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union, held the election of its chairman, and the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, Amin Raschetter, was elected chairman in the vote.
According to previous reports, the 33rd party congress of the German ruling CDU opened in Berlin.
Affected by the new crown epidemic, the entire two-day party congress was held online.
Since the new party chairman elected by the current party congress will be likely to participate in the September German general election as a candidate for the CDU Chancellor, the voting results have attracted attention from all parties.
In addition to the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, Rachette (59 years old), the candidates include the current chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Rutgen (55 years old) and the former chairman of the Bundestag Union Party Caucus Merz (65 years old).
All three are men and all come from North Rhine-Westphalia, which ranks first in Germany in terms of population and economic output.
Before the opening of the party congress, the three candidates had held two rounds of televised debates, expounding their political views to party members and the public.
The three candidates have promised to accept the results of online voting.