translated from Spanish: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will succeed German Chancellor as the leader of his party

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the German favorite Chancellor candidate Angela Merkel, was elected today as his successor at the head of the conservative Uni on Christian Democrat (CDU), in the federal Congress Party held in Hamburgo.La Secretary general of the CDU, considered continuity of the legacy of Chancellor, is also thus emerging as a possible candidate for the Chancellery of Germany in the next the country’s general elections. Kramp-Karrenbauer won with 517 votes from the issued 999, or 51.8 percent of the support of delegates, to Friedrich Merz in a second vote. The former leader of the parliamentary group of the CDU, which won 482, was seen as the representative of rupture and the return to traditional conservative values party. The third candidate, the Minister of health, Jens Spahn, also favor giving a twist to the right, was out in the first round to get just 157 votes. The vote opens a new era in the party after 18 years of leadership of Merkel. However, that is Chancellor of Germany since 2005 intends to continue in his position as President until the end of the legislature in 2021 in the coalition with the Social Democrats.” I accept the designation and appreciate the confidence,”said Kramp-Karrenbauer to the 1,001 delegates of the party upon hearing the news with tears in his eyes. “I thank my rivals for a campaign just as that we have done”. In his speech for the defence of your candidature, Kramp-Karrenbauer called on the CDU to show “more value” and “self-confidence”. “If we have courage to live in a strong Europe, a Europe with a euro crisis-proof and a European army that is a reality,” said. In his opinion, this is necessary if you want that the CDU remains the party of the present and the future. “We need a strong CDU. This Europe, this Germany needs a strong CDU,”he said at the same time that he thanked Merkel for her work. However, he said that now it’s the future, not of yesterday. Meanwhile, tried to distance himself from the nickname of “mini-Merkel”, as some designate it by his pragmatic centrist political style and reputation of loyal to the Chancellor. “People consider me a ‘mini’, a copy, a simple over the same thing, but I can say that I am here on my own”, declared the policy of 56 years. The Hamburg Congress assumed Merkel farewell after 18 years at the head of the party. “It’s been an honor,” said the German President in his last speech as President of the CDU, which was received with a long and laying applause and with posters that you could read “Thanks, boss”. Merkel, who at times was forced to interrupt his speech for applause, returned to remember something that did when it announced its decision to give up the baton at the end of October. ‘No Chancellor was born. Not even the President of the party. “True that not”, insisted. “It is the time to open a new chapter.” Kramp-Karrenbauer will now be responsible for marking the direction of a party that has suffered several setbacks in the last regional elections and is layer fall in voting intention polls. Known as “AKK” for its initials, Kramp-Karrenabuer is a policy of sober and little prone style to large gestures. He began his career in politics for more than three decades as councillor in his hometown, Püttlingen, in southwestern Germany, near the border with Francia.Desde then, whenever she was called to a post did so efficiently that it took not much to get the following promotion. In February, the Prime Minister of the tiny state of Saarland was summoned by Merkel to the post of Secretary general and, therefore, to become “number two” of the CDU. It works for years closely with the Chancellor, which tends to be compared for its measured and analytical, style as well as for his tenacity and ability to impose their ideas. Since 2010 is part of the Executive of the CDU, and integrated the Democrat delegation that negotiated the agreement for the formation of a new coalition Government with the Social Democrats.

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