sustain this great people's party of the middle i would be very happy if both janish down and friedrich mertz would work with me to achieve. it up biden there were fears the contest which featured candidates with markedly different profiles could split the party but the defeated contenders urged unity. i would like to ask everyone now to give our new leader on the great crime our their wholehearted support. an election featuring such distinct candidates was a courageous and thoroughly democratic experiment for the c.p.u. it was a moment to celebrate even for those who didn't vote for comic-con. in the ten tortuous was no i'm not disappointed it was very close so i voted for a spot in the first round because as a young person he made the best impression on me that it would be mocked up so i did if it was clear early on that it would be a close vote i would have liked the result to have been different. and that's what we've been talking we knew the whole day it was going to be a very close contest but as long as the votes and campaign are both fair and democratic i'm actually happy with it bein

this great people's polity of the middle and i would be very happy if both he and shannon to friedrich mertz would work with me to achieve it is. well it was close word in the end she was on america's favorite one and i could count qanbar is the new party chair of the german christian democrats she now takes over as leader of the c.d.u. after securing the leadership vote and that puts her in pole position to become germany's next chancellor after america's fourth term. and it could come kind of emerge victorious and perhaps slightly in shock winning fifty one point seven percent of the vote she beats him all conservative fry bill mats and she's now the woman at the helm of the christian democrats. here he is talking as president to a committee. to fish mats. deer delegates and dia guests. exit the position and the results of the vote and thank you for your trust. it was only in february of this year that come combo i shared a laugh with angle america when the german chancellor first proposed a c.d.u. party secretary general makyo had forgotten that she herself was the first woman in the job

unconditional that it cannot exist no matter what he does or how far things are escalating the nurse friedrich mertz was a big fish in the c.d.u. in the early two thousand but he fell out with than realistically was ousted from the party by angela merkel he has since made millions as a corporate lawyer and working with u.s. investment management giants black rock although very much in atlanta assist with a capital a he is in step with most germans not being a fan of president trump he's understood to support e.u. defense cooperation as were his opinion on russia he has backed stronger sanctions against moscow even if it harms german economic interests if the west wants to react mcluhan's to live and more seriously this time than it did to russia's previous violations of international law economic relations with russia cannot remain in effect what we can expect though is a runoff between the the two candidates that have the most votes there the winner will need to get fifty percent or over of the votes cast by the one thousand and one delegates of course everything that happens throughout the day in