september and become next chancellor a stunning 80 percent named someone not even on the list michael souter healey the c.d.u. sister party and bavaria. and there is another dark horse with potential germany's health minister yet spawn is leaving his options open to so the answer who will succeed chancellor may still be months away yet saturday's vote for a new party leader will decide how her c.d.u. defines conservative politics in the future. let's bring in our chief political editor who also authored that report michelle a c.d.u. ag away saying that vote today for a new party leader talk us through the day ahead yes out of it will his speeches from all of those 3 candidates running and then there will be a digital vote and we don't really expect anyone to get 50 percent immediately then there would be a runoff where a simple majority well would be easily achieved by whoever comes on top and then we'll know who is in pole position to potentially succeed anglo-american and we will know who definitely no longer is which is the 2 who didn't win but of course that race is still open within the conser

september and become next chancellor a stunning 80 percent named someone not even on the list michael souter healey the c.d.u. sister party and bavaria. and there is another dark horse with potential germany's health minister yet spawn is leaving his options open to so the answer who will succeed. chancellor may still be months away yet saturday's vote for a new party leader will decide how her c.d.u. defines conservative politics in the future. earlier we spoke to our chief political editor and i asked her what the 1st task of the new cd later would say to you later would be it's uniting the party because there was a bitter contest over the party leadership in the past we've almost forgotten that anecdotes come congo where the woman handing over the office was supposed to take over as party leader and eventually become chancellor candidate that's not happening there were bits of divisions in the party and that's what the party is now afraid of with those looming elections in september that whoever wins needs to demonstrate that they can bring everybody behind them and really live up to the title o