Stock Photo - 18 November 2021, Thuringia, Erfurt: Markus Lewe (m., CDU), Lord Mayor of Münster, and Burkhard Jung (r., SPD), Lord Mayor of Leipzig, and Helmut Dedy (l.,SPD), Chief Executive of the German Association of Cities, stand next to each other at the German Association of Cities. At the end of the general meeting in Erfurt, Lewe was unanimously elected president of the association of municipalities. According to his own information, he represents 3200 cities and municipalities. He succeeds Jung, who was also unanimously elected vice president by the delegates. Jung and Lewe thus changed their positions in the advocacy body of the Association of Cities, one of three top municipal associations in Germany. Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa. - Erfurt/Thuringia/Germany