FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party leadership meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 14, 2020. Michael Kappeler/POOL via REUTERS/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - The executive committee of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) wants to hold a one-day party congress in Stuttgart on Dec. 4 to elect a new leader, participants said after the committee met on Monday.
Under the plan, the CDU's executive committee and board would meet on Dec. 3, with the congress held on Dec. 4. Party laws stipulate that the CDU must elect a new leader this year.
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