… elected to the position by a party conference later that month. In October 2018, the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the … from 38.3 percent in 2013 to 27 percent, while the AfD won 13.1 percent, compared with 4.1 percent in 2013. Speaking the … and also Kramp-Karrenbauer, Germany will assume the six-month Council presidency of the EU on July 1—something that …