German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on next to parliamentary group leader of the CDU/CSU fraction Volker Kauder as they visit a test track after the opening ceremony of the new Daimler Testing and Technology Center in Immendingen, Germany September 19, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered an unexpected blow to her authority on Tuesday when her conservatives voted out long-standing ally Volker Kauder as head of the parliamentary party, the party said on Tuesday.
His successor is Ralph Brinkhaus, one of the deputy leaders of the conservative group in the Bundestag lower house, comprising Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU). Brinkhaus won with 125 votes to 112.
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