TOPSHOT - German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party, Angela Merkel (CDU) leaves the parliamentary compound of the Bundestag in Berlin on September 25, 2018, after the parliamentary group of the CDU/CSU elected a new leader. - Ralph Brinkhaus won the vote to become the new parliamentary group leader of the conservative CDU/CSU faction, replacing Volker Kauder, who has been leader of the parliamentary group of the CDU/CSU for the last 13 years. (Photo by Michael Kappeler / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT