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Technical Problems at Party Congress: Merz Election Not Digital

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Delay at the Federal Party Congress of the CDU: Before the important election to the Federal Presidency, the technology makes considerable difficulties.Due to technical problems, the CDU does not elect its Federal Chairman at the party congress in Stuttgart digitally, but traditionally by voting card. "We currently have strong technical irregularities in several places, which cannot be explained at the moment," said the North Rhine-Westphalian M…

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At its party congress, the CDU not only re-elected the Federal President Friedrich Merz, but also all other elected positions in the presidium ... The post Karin Prien receives as a federal vize the fewest votes in the CDU presidential election appeared first on Apollo News.

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At the CDU-party-day there should be a "Aufbruch für Deutschland" and a rousing Merz-Speech. But the old/new boss aroused no enthusiasm. He was elected by the "Kanzlerwahlverein" anyway. Why, Georg Schwarte analyses.

·Hamburg, Germany
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Made: Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has been confirmed with a convincing result as the party leader of the CDU. This saves him unpleasant discussions about his balance sheet. However, the expectations are very high.

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The delegates were supposed to vote on Merz's election by computer. However, this didn't work. Rumors began circulating in the hall.

·Berlin, Germany
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The CDU wants to be modern. At the Federal Party Congress, however, the digital vote on the party leader fails. Merz still gets a good election result – despite dissatisfaction.

·Düsseldorf, Germany
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The election process began with a two-hour delay and was then interrupted due to a technical problem - In the end, delegates voted with paper and pen and not digitally

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zdfheute.de broke the news in on Friday, February 20, 2026.
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