No. 111 - 'The CDU Congress in Hannover: Angela Merkel still the leader of the party'

Institute for Western Affairs' Bulletin (No. 111/2012) Dr. Piotr Kubiak, 'The CDU Congress in Hannover: Angela Merkel still the leader of the party'

The 25th Congress of the Christian Democratic Union, organized on 3-5 December 2012 in Hannover, proceeded according to the scenario. The delegates once more elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to be the chairperson of the party and the record support which she achieved (almost 98.0%) was widely commented in the media, also in Poland. Before the election campaign for the Bundestag election, which will take place in September, the Congress fulfilled its primary purpose: it showed that the party will remain on its previous course and that it is homogeneous and definitely supports A. Merkel.