Friedrich Merz confirmed as CDU leader, Secretary General Linnemann is more popular

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Friedrich Merz confirmed as CDU leader, only Secretary General Linnemann is more popular

Hands of thanks: Friedrich Merz remains CDU leader

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The CDU has re-elected its chairman Friedrich Merz for two years with a large majority. Around 90 percent of the party delegates voted for him. Secretary General Linnemann gets a slightly better result.

As expected, the CDU Friedrich Merz was re-elected as party leader for two years with almost 90 percent. The 68-year-old received 873 of the 972 valid votes at the federal party conference in Berlin. There were 99 votes against and 9 abstentions. This corresponds to a result of 89.81 percent. Merz thanked “for the great vote of confidence.” “I’m looking forward to the work that lies ahead of us over the next two years,” he said. These will be tough years, but the CDU will come out of this party conference with the wind at its back.

Linnemann with better results than Friedrich Merz

Before his re-election, the CDU leader received the demonstrative support of his party’s prime ministers. “Let us support Friedrich Merz together. Let us send a signal of unity,” said North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst. Hesse’s Prime Minister Boris Rhein said it was Merz’s personal achievement to have lifted up the CDU after its collapse in the 2021 federal election.

Secretary General Carsten Linnemann was also confirmed in office. The 46-year-old received 91.4 percent of the valid delegate votes and thus a better result than Friedrich Merz. Linnemann has so far only held the position on a temporary basis. He took over the office of CDU general secretary in the middle of last year after party leader Friedrich Merz separated from the then incumbent Mario Czaja.

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DPA

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