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Wolter wins CVP Leadership vote, endangering government talks
The second round of voting at the CVP leadership convention has resulted in Hermann Wolter retaining his control over the Christian People's Party, narrowly defeating his Finance Minister Katherine Reiner in the balloting. Wolter secured a majority of 877 votes, while Reiner managed to garner only 678. The former Chancellor gave a short speech after the vote thanking his supporters while also promising to continue government talks with the LDP.

By contrast, LDP leader Judith Eckstein has so far stood by her promise to refuse to negotiate with the CVP should Wolter be reelected as chairman. Without the CVP, the LDP's only other coalition partner that could yield a majority would be the newly created VSP-ODP Union, although Eckstein herself has been hesitant to encourage negotiations with the left-wing parties so far.