Angela Merkel’s long departure from politics began with a victory as her Christian Democratic Union picked her preferred candidate, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, to take over as party chief.
Bloomberg: Merkel’s favored candidate wins CDU party race
Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's Secretary General Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer waves on stage after she was elected as party's leader during the CDU congress on Dec. 7, 2018 at a fair hall in Hamburg, northern Germany.
