Hesse federal state premier Volker Bouffier speaks to Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU as Bouffier's predecessor Roland Koch (R) looks on at the start of the CDU party congress in Karlsruhe, November 15, 2010. The CDU holds a two-day party meeting with elections of a new party leadership. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)