In an interview, Markus Blume defends Markus Söder's course in a remarkable way.
A statement on the Chancellor's question also leaves room for interpretation.
Munich / Zurich - The
CSU
has
undergone a noticeable change
under its boss
Markus Söder
.
Söder himself likes to emphasize this.
Markus Blume
, as Secretary General actually responsible for the attack department, has now not only defended some particularly surprising phrases in an interview - but also
praised
them as
"very conservative"
.
Söders CSU and the women's quota: Blume suddenly thinks it's "very conservative"
In a conversation with the
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
, among other things, Blume
supported the CSU's support for a quota for women
on company boards.
In the 21st century, some questions are "no longer questions of conservative or liberal, but of natural," said the
CSU general
.
"Equality between men and women is a very conservative position, as is the preservation of creation, by the way."
Parts of the
CDU
, however, see it quite differently: The
economic wing of the Union faction
in the Bundestag wants to prevent the rule.
A GroKo working group agreed on a compromise on Friday - in future, board members in listed companies with equal participation and with more than three members will have to appoint at least one woman.
The SPD complained that the CDU and CSU had slowed down the issue for a long time.
Söder had spoken out in favor of the quota in mid-November - and received encouragement from an unfamiliar source.
A study was only recently published that shows that the number of women in management positions in DAX companies is falling in Germany.
So far the Union has blocked SPD projects.
@Markus_Soeder is now also for quotas.
That's a new tone from this corner.
Well!!
https://t.co/VFsEmG9KZr
- Sawsan Chebli (@SawsanChebli) November 11, 2020
CSU General Secretary attacks Greens - and scoffs at Hofreiter: "The nation's packaging artist"
A few questions later, Blume attacked the
Greens
as “the nation's packaging artist”.
"I wait every day for
Anton Hofreiter
to cut his hair, then the bourgeois facade would be perfect," he joked.
As an example, he cited a controversial issue at the recent Green Party conference.
"Suddenly it is no longer an
unconditional basic income
, but a guarantee."
However, Söders General also admitted that the Greens at the CSU headquarters in Munich are “naturally serious”.
“You are our main competitor, no question about it, especially in cities.
But that does not mean that we will follow them, ”said Blume to the conservative Swiss newspaper.
They want to show Germany that
ecological renewal works
without the eco-party - and better, because “we don't put the ax to our prosperity and millions of jobs at the same time”.
However, this is exactly what a current corona dispute among the conservatives is about.
Chancellor Söder?
Blume evades - and then gives an ambiguous answer
Blum's answer to the question of whether
Markus Söder was
hoping
for a
weak CDU party leader
was also remarkable
- and subsequently for a call to Berlin if the Union's polls were poor in the spring.
"When it comes to the question of who should make the race, we hold back," said Blume at first.
And added that the
candidacy for chancellor
would be decided jointly: "There is no time pressure, March or April are completely sufficient." (
Fn
)
