Henning Höne
German politician
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- Jun 28
CDU loses ground in North Rhine-Westphalia poll, AfD ties SPD for second place ten months before 2027 election
A new Infratest dimap survey shows the ruling CDU–Green coalition in North Rhine-Westphalia losing support, with the AfD drawing level with the SPD for the first time in the state’s WDR polling series.
- May 30
FDP wählt Wolfgang Kubicki zum neuen Vorsitzenden – 74-Jähriger setzt sich in Kampfabstimmung gegen Strack-Zimmermann durch
Wolfgang Kubicki has been elected as the new federal chairman of Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP), defeating Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann in a surprise contested vote at the party's federal congress in Berlin.
