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The topic of the day: The CDU Federal Party Congress in Leipzig
The standing ovations for Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer lasted seven minutes. At the party congress in Leipzig, the CDU party leader asked the vote of confidence and the delegates confirmed it impressively.
"The applause shows: Today is not put an end," said Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer afterwards, "today it really gets going." And my colleague Florian Gathmann, who is in Leipzig on site, analyzes: "Kramp-Karrenbauer may feel after the reaction of the delegates that the party is behind it." That the CDU wants to continue with her, despite the recent struggles and failures, which are also due to mistakes of the chairmen.
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Lauerstellung: Friedrich Merz at the CDU Federal Party Congress
But my colleague also says: The question of who will become a chancellor candidate or candidate remains open. That was clear when Friedrich Merz entered the stage. Loyal he gave himself. However, one noticed, "that there is one who still wants something". Read the analysis here.
- See the highlights of the speeches in the video.
- Why Kramp-Karrenbauer now has to wait one year for the answer to the K question - a comment
- Kramp-Karrenbauer trumps up - for the time being: the pictures from the congress
- Despite Merkel and Kramp-Karrenbauer: Why the Union does not manage to become more feminine.
Quote of the day: "Christmas has always been an excuse to drink more."
Says Robbie Williams. Huh, where does it come from, you ask? And yes, the pop star released his last album three years ago. And was, he told my colleague Andreas Borcholte, in between busy especially with his three children and playing golf. But now (I'm happy!), Williams is back, he has recorded a Christmas album, also a duet with Helene Fischer is there. In the interview he talks about the Christmas Eve of his childhood and what makes him immune to Brexit and Trump. I recommend the conversation to you.
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Robbie Williams with wife Ayda Field in London's Hyde Park in November 2018
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- Rainer Wendt becomes State Secretary in Magdeburg. The most famous police officer in Germany will work there under Minister of the Interior Holger Stahlknecht (CDU). Until his retirement Wendt was more often with his calls for a hard state and against "cuddly justice" noticed.
- This week, several witnesses have severely incriminated Donald Trump in the Ukraine affair. The US president responded to verbal abuse on Twitter. SPIEGEL correspondent Roland Nelles sums up the hearings in the video.
- "I would be hanged in Brussels," says Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in the SPIEGEL interview. He talks about new tensions in the Balkans, the "rock-hard" friendship with China and the relationship between Serbia and the EU.
- The clan leader Ibrahim Miri may be deported. This was decided by the Bremen Administrative Court, which rejected an application for the release of the detainee. The former president of the rocker group Mongols MC Bremen had previously illegally entered Germany.
- Heiko Maas urges a quick solution of the detained lawyer in Ankara. At the G20 meeting, the German Foreign Minister (SPD) wants to talk to his Turkish colleague Mevlüt Cavusoglu about the case.
- Four out of five young people do not move enough. The result is the World Health Organization in a report. Especially girls are therefore not sufficiently physically active.
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US correspondent Roland Nelles analyzes the week of impeachment hearings
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Memorial to the Trump era: The first phase of the impeachment investigation is over. Twelve witnesses testified in the Ukrainian affair against Donald Trump - and at the same time drew a horrendous customary image of Washington in the year 2019, commented US correspondent Marc Pitzke.
How AKK Harald Schmidt moved to join the Junge Union: What was that strong performance of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer at the CDU party congress! Even her outfit, our columnist thinks, has convinced him. But even better was a sentence that will remain in the memory. Here is the video.
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To die? Without me! For the first time, researchers have succeeded in defeating aging and turning back the clock - in fish and mice. Now it's our turn. Read the SPIEGEL title story here.
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A man who has understood nothing: The failed television interview of British Prince Andrew shows how many unsolved questions there are still in the abuse scandal surrounding multi-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
What you can see: "Marriage Story" with Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, who is new to the cinema and from 6th December also on Netflix. The two go through the hell of US divorce law; a painful, but also redeeming film experience and above all "great art", says my colleague Hannah Pilarczyk. Here it goes to the criticism.
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Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in the movie "Marriage Story"
Whatever you could do: Winter boots on, out into the mud, spend the few bright hours of the day outside. And then off to the couch! Rip up the gingerbread wrap. No one is going to fight. Not even when listening to Robbie Williams' Christmas songs.
I wish you a nice weekend.
warmly
Maria Stöhr from the Daily Team
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