Laschet, Merz and Röttgen on one stage: the survey shows a bitter picture - the live ticker

The hot phase in the fight for the CDU party leadership is approaching.

On Saturday, the candidates will answer the Junge Union's questions - live from 6 p.m.

• 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

  .

• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from October 17, 10:01 a.m.:

The man with the best cards among the citizens does not appear tonight: Federal

Health

is

currently the preferred candidate for the CDU party chairmanship

according to

a

the Kantar Institute for the

(Saturday).

22 percent would most likely trust him to become a

the party.

But at the moment Spahn is not applying directly for the post, but is running in a team with NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet.

But the wishes are also growing among Union supporters that Spahn will step out of the second row.

In the

at least Laschet can

show what he stands for

at an appearance at the

.

Together with Friedrich Merz and Norbert Röttgen, he will

stand on a stage

at

and answer questions from the Union's youngsters

.

The survey also presents new figures for these three candidates: 19 percent most likely trust the Merz office, 17 percent see Laschet as a good chairman and 8 percent see Röttgen as an external expert.

In a way, the question of who will be the new

is also related to who will lead the Union in the election campaign for the federal election.

However, among those surveyed in the Kantar survey, Markus Söder (CSU) is most likely to believe that he will be a good chancellor, as other surveys have shown.

The CDU candidates Merz, Spahn, then Laschet and finally Röttgen land behind him.

Merz, Röttgen, Laschet: Candidates for the CDU party chairmanship present themselves to the Junge Union

First report from October 16, 5:35 p.m.:

Berlin - The competition for the

should be

fair

: That was the announcement of the outgoing federal chairman

after a conversation with the three candidates a few months ago.

The ex-Union parliamentary group leader

, NRW Prime Minister

and foreign expert

*

should just not fight each other with all means - rather objectively and at eye level.

Because of the

the competition has been rather calm so far.

On December 4th, the

* party

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

(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

, 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

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

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

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

the

.

A total of 100 JU members will be present at the December party conference.

The Junge Union is an

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

at the

beginning of October

. Röttgen, Laschet and Merz have their roots in this federal state, the largest regional association of the CDU.