The hot phase in the fight for party leadership is approaching.
On Saturday, the candidates will answer questions from the Junge Union.
From 6 p.m. live for everyone interested.
Armin Laschet *, Norbert Röttgen and Friedrich Merz want
to convince
the
Junge Union
.
On Saturday evening they stand together on a stage.
At the beginning of December, a party conference is to
decide
on the new
CDU chairman
.
Berlin - The competition for the
CDU party chairmanship
should be
fair
: That was the announcement of the outgoing federal chairman
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
after a conversation with the three candidates a few months ago.
The ex-Union parliamentary group leader
Friedrich Merz
, NRW Prime Minister
Armin Laschet
and foreign expert
Norbert Röttgen
*
should just not fight each other with all means - rather objectively and at eye level.
Because of the
corona pandemic
the competition has been rather calm so far.
On December 4th, the
CDU
* party
congress
with 1001 delegates is to vote on their future boss
in Stuttgart
.
Whether it takes place, however, also depends on the development of the corona case numbers and should be decided at the end of October.
CDU party chairmanship: Laschet, Merz and Röttgen face the questions of the Junge Union
Innovation & digitization, education of the future, sustainability & intergenerational equity - we ask @ArminLaschet, @_FriedrichMerz u.
@n_roettgen on October 17th
from 6 p.m. at our #JUPITCH.
Our 2-week member survey begins immediately afterwards.
pic.twitter.com/vnQkUKL5xv
- JU Germany (@Junge_Union) October 10, 2020
So that the party members can get an idea of the direct encounter between the candidates, there will be an online event by the
Junge Union
(JU) with the three applicants
on Saturday
.
The format is called “Pitch”, so it should be a short presentation of the ideas and attitudes of all candidates.
At 6 p.m. Laschet, Röttgen and Merz answer the questions of the JU members - the three together on stage, the questioners switched on on a screen.
Video: In February 2020, Friedlich Merz announced his candidacy for the CDU party chairmanship
In five-minute introductory
statements
, the three applicants should first say what is important to them for the next few years.
Whoever speaks first decides the lot on site.
According to this, four
subject areas are
planned: Education of the future, innovation and digital, sustainability and intergenerational justice as well as modern people's party.
Competition for party chairmanship: Phoenix will broadcast live at 6 p.m. on Saturday
The appearance will be broadcast, among other things, by
live stream
on the JU's social media channels.
Phoenix will also broadcast live from Berlin from 6 p.m.
How well the candidates do is then measured, because then a
JU member survey
on the chairmanship of the federal party
starts
, which is supposed to last two weeks.
"I consider the result of our member survey to be binding for my decision at the CDU federal party conference in December," said JU federal chairman
Tilman Kuban of
the
Rheinische Post
.
A total of 100 JU members will be present at the December party conference.
The Junge Union is an
association
of the CDU and CSU with over 100,000 members.
It is the largest political youth organization in Europe.
The three competitors appeared at the
Junge Union Nordrhein-Westfalen
at the
beginning of October
.
Röttgen, Laschet and Merz have their roots in this federal state, the largest regional association of the CDU.
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