Merkel re-elected by party to lead it into 2017 polls

December 06, 2016 21:49

German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a new two-year term today as the leader of conservative party, gaining solid backing after stressing her determination to prevent a repeat of last year's huge migrant influx.

Merkel, who ran unopposed, won 89.5 percent of delegates' votes at a congress of her Christian Democratic Union in the western city of Essen.

That was short of the 96.7 percent she won two years ago, but still a strong mandate as she prepares to seek a fourth term as chancellor in next year's German election.

The vote came after a speech in which she struck a decidedly conservative note, telling members that she wants to stem the influx of migrants and ban face-covering veils where possible.

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