Potential successor to be elected in Germany on Saturday Angela Merkel… The day before, a congress of conservatives opened there, and it will determine the new chairman of the party. 1001 delegates will vote.
Three candidates apply for the post of head of the CDU – the former head of the faction in the Bundestag Friedrich Merz, the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Armin Laschet and the head of the Bundestag Foreign Policy Committee Norbert Röttgen.
According to polls, there is no clear favorite in the race, the chances of the candidates are equal, the TV channel notes. “Russia 24”… Initially, the congress was planned to be held in April 2020, but it had to be postponed. because of coronavirus the congress is being held online for the first time.
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