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epa09950468 Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state and CDU top candidate for the NRW state elections Hendrik Wuest (C) reacts next to Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and faction chairman Friedrich Merz (L) accompanied by the vice-leader of CDU party Silvia Breher (R) at the meeting of the CDU board after the State elections in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Berlin, Germany, 16 May 2022. EPA/FILIP SINGER