Thorsten Frei elected CDU/CSU parliamentary leader with 91.9% of the vote

Members of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc elected Thorsten Frei as the new leader of the Bundestag group on Wednesday, with 91.9 percent of the vote. The vote took place at a special session for which MPs interrupted their summer recess. The vote is part of an ongoing reshuffle within the German government's parliamentary wing.