Merz

His third attempt was successful. Friedrich Merz, the CDU's former floor leader at the Bundestag, is the party's new chairman. At the ongoing party convention, he got almost 95 percent of the vote. Now, the German conservatives want a new beginning with an old leader.

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel's party CDU has a new designated chairman. Her former foe Friedrich Merz ran for this position twice before. Now, a majority of…

Germany's last major party, the conservative CDU, is scheduled to vote for a new chairman this week. The winner might become Chancellor in September.

In Germany's last big-tent party, the conservative CDU, issues are piling up. There are challenges, both internal and external ones, which need to be confronted at the party's convention in Leipzig.