peter god darfur so very grateful to have for that thank you via zend we are loyal to our woman to our party leadership. and to the federal government chancellor merkel who has passed on the party leadership to come no longer takes part in these debates she used her opening speech to talk about more personal issues often because i thought of amazon today is also a very special day for me my own fault because on november 22nd 2005 i was elected german chancellor for the 1st time and this remains something very special to me. is on me nicole's political child and the great come. is giving it all at this year's conference and so far she is one at least for now. it was the showdown that never happened at the c.d.u. party conference after months of criticism party to an exit come karrenbauer called her critics telling them in short to back me off me so for now at least it seems that the issue of the party leadership has been removed from the table but with germany set to head to the polls once again in less in 2 years time a.k.k. now has a way to prove that she's still a worthy candidate in

peter god darfur so we are very grateful to her for that thank you via zend we are loyal to our chairwoman to our party leadership. and to the federal government chancellor angela merkel who has passed on the party leadership to come no longer takes part in these debates she used her opening speech to talk about more personal issues often because i thought of amazon today is also a very special day for me my own fault because on november 22nd 2005 i was elected german chancellor for the 1st time and this remains something very special to me. is on the walls for me. political child and they couldn't come. is giving it all at this year's conference and so far she is one at least for now. and our chief political editor me had a cafe is standing by for us in the east and german city of lights the at party conference good to see taking all the party conference one of the big topics what's going on there now. already the over arching issue was for an affair to come to avoid some kind of clash some kind of so down scenario with the man who lost against turn last year's vote for the party leadersh

peter god on darfur oh very grateful to have felt that thank you via zend we are loyal to our chairwoman to our party leadership. and to the federal government chancellor angela merkel who has passed on the party leadership to come no longer takes part in these debates she used her opening speech to talk about more personal issues often make it so i thought if i move on today is also a very special day for me my own father because on november 22nd 2005 i was elected german chancellor for the 1st time and this remains something very special to me. is on the us for me and their coats political child. could it come. is giving it a disused conference and sofa she is one at least for now. are joining me now in studio is our political correspondent lamely from how much time she's been reporting on the party conference for us. the phrase the day back me or sack me is anyone likely to take up a challenge well definitely not at this party conference and we saw it in the report just now and held a very courageous speech and she was rewarded for it by her delegates who gave her a 7 minute long stan