Germananon here. Funny. The german MSM, i this case the ZDF announced Friedrich Merz as new successor of Merkel BEFORE the vote even took place:
Even before Merkel's successor has been determined at the CDU party conference, ZDF is pushing ahead. Already during the night, the station speaks of a "party leader Merz". ZDF has already apologized for the incident.
Sauce:
https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/zdf-panne-zum-parteitag–friedrich-merz-ist-schon-sieger-8481800.html?utm_campaign=alle&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_source=standard