Tag: Christian Democrats Germany

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  Christian Democrats choose a successor for Merkel: Annegret K-K

  

  Germany's ruling Christian Democrat Union has chosen Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as its new party leader, ending Angela Merkel's 18-year reign. The CDU general secretary narrowly beat Friedrich Merz, a millionaire lawyer, in a run-off vote in Hamburg. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer, or AKK as she is also known, received 517 of 999 votes.