Reception for the 103rd Katholikentag in Erfurt
Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert opens the event
Kaisersaal with audience for the opening speech
Dr. Georg Bätzing, Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference
Marion Walsmann, Member of the European Parliament for Thuringia, was also in the audience
Dr. Irme Stetter-Karp, President of the Central Committee of German Catholics
Dr. Georg Bätzing, President of the German Bishops' Conference / Bishop Kirsten Fehrs, President of the Council of the EKD
Speech by Friedrich Merz, Chairman of the CDU in Germany and of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Exchange at the reception bar tables
Friedrich Merz in conversation
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