Friedrich Merz is finally where he has probably seen himself for a long time: at the head of the party. But after the vote of the base, he practices modesty. Has the world been so radically mistaken about him so far?
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Boris Herrmann and Robert Roßmann, Berlin
When the three candidates take the stage, they already know the result. A quarter of an hour earlier, they were informed of this further up in the CDU headquarters, downstairs in the foyer one could hear loud clapping. Can anything be read of this in the facial features of the protagonists now appearing? Maybe a surprise runoff turnout or a march through in the first ballot?