Members of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany supported the candidacy of Friedrich Merz as the new head of the party
Members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany voted for the candidacy of Friedrich Merz as the new chairman of the party. reports Spiegel . The former head of the CDU/CSU parliamentary faction Merz received 62.1% of the vote, winning in the first round. The former head of the department of the Federal Chancellor, Helge Braun, received 12.1% of the vote, the former chairman of the Bundestag foreign policy committee, Norbert Rettgen, 25.8%.