It is expected that officially the politician will announce this on February 19, so that the party congress, which will be held in Berlin in a week, could elect his successor. General Secretary of the Christian Democratic Union Peter Tauber (Peter Tauber) resigns. On this Sunday, February 18, inform German news agencies referring to information from party circles. It is expected that officially the politician will announce this on Monday, February 19, at the meeting of the party leadership, so that the party congress, which will be held in Berlin in a week, could elect his successor. Tauber was elected general secretary of the CDU in 2013 and his term expired in December this year. Perhaps also on Monday the leader of the party, German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel will name the new candidate for the post of General Secretary of the CDU. Who it will be, yet unknown. It is also unknown when a new party manager will break into work: the main task of the party congress is to vote on the agreement on the formation of a "big coalition".

Tauber has long been criticized inside the party, recalls dpa. In particular, he was accused of numerous mistakes during the election campaign in the Bundestag, where the CDU even won, but lost 8.5 percentage points compared to 2013. Earlier, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Martin Schulz, announced his resignation. Source: Russian Service DW News from Correspondent. net in Telegram. Subscribe to our channel https: // t. me / korrespondentnet.

Original article: CDU Secretary General resigns.