North Rhine-Westphalia Premier Hendrik Wüst is on a three-day visit to Türkiye and will meet President Erdogan in Ankara. The meeting was added to his schedule at short notice and is unusual because heads of state do not normally meet German state premiers.

Wüst has called for modernization of the EU–Türkiye customs union, saying reform is overdue and could offer major economic opportunities.

Wüst, a senior CDU politician, is being discussed in Germany as a possible successor to Chancellor Friedrich Merz amid tensions within the party.

Source: WELT