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Bundestag Election - CDU Party - Friedrich Merz

Friedrich Merz (R), chancellor candidate of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), and Markus Soeder, minister-president of Bavaria, celebrate as the CDU/CSU bloc has taken the lead in the country's 2025 federal election, at the CDU headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 23, 2025. Germany's conservative bloc, the CDU and the CSU, has taken the lead in the country's 2025 federal election, preliminary results have showed. CDU/CSU secured 28.6 percent of the vote, followed by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) with 20.8 percent and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 16.4 percent, according to the preliminary results released by the Federal Returning Officer in the early hours of Monday. Photo by Du Zheyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI QIANG-GERMANY-BAVARIA-MINISTER-PRESIDENT-MEETING (CN)

(240327) -- BEIJING, March 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Markus Soeder, minister-president of Bavaria, Germany, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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GERMANY-BAVARIA-CHINA-LI QIANG-VISIT

(230621) -- MUNICH, June 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Bavaria's Minister-President Markus Soeder in Bavaria state, Germany. Li visited Bavaria state from June 20 to June 21 during his official visit to Germany. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)