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‘Merz is the new Merkel’: German Chancellor sets course leftwards at party convention

The big party convention of Germany’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU) has ended well for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, but may bode ill for the country as a whole. In the election for party leadership over the weekend of February 21-22, Merz received 91.2 per cent of the vote, a better result than in 2024 when he got 89.8 per cent.