Merkel’s party and the Middle East
A leadership race in the CDU party may shape the future of German-Israeli ties
Germany’s CDU Secretary General Paul Ziemiak, Defense Minister and CDU Chairwoman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Armin Laschet, federal Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, attend a CDU board meeting in Berlin last year
