(ANSA) - BERLIN, MAY 16 - "Since yesterday the CDU has returned to the first place among the German parties": said the Christian-Democrat leader Friedrich Merz, commenting on the victory of his party in the elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country's most populous state .
Whoever knows how to win in this Land can win all over Germany, Merz underlined, as reported by Dpa.
The current president of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, collected 35.7% of the votes, gaining 2.8 percentage points more than in 2017. (ANSA).