The moderate Armin Laschet, favorable to the continuity with the centrist era of Angela Merkel in Germany, was elected Saturday January 16 president of the conservative party CDU.
With a majority of 521 votes from 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 shift to the right, according to the results of an internal ballot.
He is positioning himself to lead the conservative camp to the general election in September.
