Armin Laschet, Angela Merkel loyalist, is new CDU leader
After a marathon contest to lead the ruling CDU, the party s most powerful state premier, Armin Laschet, prevailed at the finish. Whether he wants to or indeed can strive for the Chancellery remains to be seen.
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The 59-year-old Armin Laschet is the new chairman of Germany s center-right Christian Democrats (CDU).
Laschet was elected in a runoff vote during the digital party conference on Saturday, beating archconservative Friedrich Merz, 521 votes to 466, to resolve a three-way contest that had also featured the outsider Norbert Röttgen.
Among the three candidates, Laschet, who since 2017 has been the premier of Germany s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, is the one who stands most strongly for a continuation of Angela Merkel s course and a CDU of the center.
ministers will be joined in the cabinet by the same number of women the incoming family affairs minister francisco gif i was previously mayor of the berlin district of noise of. mrs angus as mayor and it has always been important for me to say it doesn t matter where you come from what matters is who you want to be that s what we have to work for making sure that all the people living in our country have equal opportunities her predecessor catalina bali is moving to the justice ministry . another fresh face is spanish wilson who is set to take over the environment ministry. is called induced i come from an industrial area and i know that safeguarding jobs and protecting the environment must go hand in hand that is the task i ve set myself. in germany and europe have been waiting half a year for the new government now things are finally set to move quickly the new
opponent, park geun-hye, who was very tough on the north korean regime when this was arguably a very dem krootocratic process t brought down this leader. it is an example of checked and balances and people power and the electorate rejecting somebody who won with a convincing victory in election elections in 2012? we will, as i said, keep an eye on the situation happening behind you. thank you. a diplomatic row is escalating between turkey and the netherlands prompting protests to break out in both countries. it began on saturday when dutch officials refused to let the turkish foreign minister s plane land for a rally in rotterdam. later they blocked turkey s family affairs minister from the turkish consulate.
newsroom. our top story, a diplomatic balt is brewing between turkey and the netherlands. they refused to let the turkish foreign minister s plane land for a rally. protests have broken out and turkey has sealed off dutch diplomatic reasons for what it calls security reasons. dutch police also blocked turkey s family affairs minister from entering the turkish consulate. reporter: the manager of this location has higher orders to ask you to leave holland today. we can escort. reporter: the team is here to escort you on the fastest route to germany by following the team in your own country. i will go to the consulate building. this is my consulate s building and i don t agree and i am not