As of: 01/27/2022 7:32 p.m
Union faction leader Brinkhaus waives after ARD-Information in favor of the future CDU chairman Merz on a renewed candidacy. With this step he wanted to avert damage to the party, he explained in a letter.
According to information from Ralph Brinkhaus ARD Capital Studios in favor of the designated CDU chairman Friedrich Merz to the presidency of the Union faction in the Bundestag. After a conversation with Merz, he decided to take this step.
Brinkhaus declared his waiver in a personal letter to the members of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. With this decision, he wants to avert damage to the party, it says. He will make his position available as early as mid-February. Brinkhaus proposes to elect the new group leader on February 15th.
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