Armin Laschet prevailed against Friedrich Merz and Norbert Röttgen: He is the new CDU chairman.
Jens Spahn regrets an incident at the party conference.
Armin Laschet
becomes the new
CDU leader
*: The NRW Prime Minister got 521 votes, his challenger
Friedrich Merz
466.
There was a
runoff election
at
the
online party conference
-
Norbert Röttgen was
eliminated in the first ballot.
A performance by Jens Spahn caused some head shakes
(see update from January 16, 10:50 a.m.)
.
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news ticker
is continuously updated.
Update from January 17, 11:21 a.m
.: At the party conference on Saturday,
Jens Spahn, in
the opinion of many observers,
pushed himself
to the fore inappropriately
- and now formally apologizes.
The
CDU Federal Health
Minister tweeted on Sunday: “As a team partner, I wanted to
advertise
@
ArminLaschet
again yesterday before the election
.
That caused and continues to cause irritation for some, "and added in a second tweet:
" It was not the right format.
I regret that. "
In retrospect, I see: It wasn't the right format.
I regret that.
After our party congress it is now time to stand together, behind our chairman Armin Laschet and for the success of the #Union.
(2/2)
- Jens Spahn (@jensspahn) January 17, 2021
What happened?
Spahn had used the question and answer session at the CDU party congress to
advertise
his party colleague Laschet
(you can read the details of the incident in our update below from January 16, 10.50 a.m.
New CDU party chairman Armin Laschet praises Friedrich Merz: "We have been valued for many years"
Update from January 16, 2:44 p.m.:
He was allowed to
hold
the closing words of the
CDU party congress
:
Armin Laschet
, new CDU chairman.
“I think it was something very special what we experienced yesterday and today.” Meant: the digital party congress.
He thanked his inferior colleagues.
Norbert Röttgen will continue to participate in the CDU presidium.
And Laschet also said a few words to Friedrich Merz: "I made an appointment with Friedrich Merz that the two of us, who we have valued each other for long, long years, should once again consider what a contribution to our party could look like." He is an important personality and his issues need a broad consensus in the party.
Shortly before Laschet's speech, the news went around that Merz wanted to become
Minister of Economics
.
The party must now unite to win in election campaigns against the others.
He doesn't want to shine alone.
“We have great people in the Presidium, great deputies, they should all have their place, we are working on that now.” As soon as there is legal clarity about the result, that is, when the postal vote is confirmed on Friday, “then the fight starts and I look forward to it me, ”said
Laschet
.
Laschet also thanked
Jens Spahn again
, who has recently taken on a dual role - as Minister of Health and his team partner.
And the new CDU leader was happy that technically everything went largely smoothly at this party congress.
"If one of these hacking attacks had been successful, we would have been certain of the malice of the whole of Germany." Previously, Secretary General
Paul Ziemiak had
said that six people who he knew did not get through during the day.
"I'm sorry, we'll do better," he announced.
There were no major problems with the vote.
New CDU boss: Laschet put everything on one card with action at the end of the speech - and is now making promises to Merz
Update from January 16, 1:03 p.m
.:
Should
Federal Health
Minister
Jens Spahn (CDU) have been
more neutral?
As the question and answer session on the CDU party for
Advertising
(now winning) for the NRW Prime Minister
Armin Laschet
used
(see update on 16 January, 10.50 pm)
,
irritated
some observers.
Laschet had made it clear before the vote that he
would propose
Spahn as one of five
deputy party
leaders
if he won the election
.
On Twitter, a user described Spahn's appearance as
“ridiculous”
, while world journalist Robin Alexander reported
“great outrage”
in CDU chat groups.
Great outrage in CDU chat groups about Jens Spahn's advertising block in the question and answer session.
Could grow into a stab in the back legend.
# cdubpt21 #CDUVorsitz @welt
- Robin Alexander (@robinalexander_) January 16, 2021
CDU chairmanship: Söder wants to continue writing the “Union's success story” with Laschet
Update from January 16, 12.24 p.m
.: CSU boss
Markus Söder
has
congratulated
Armin Laschet on
.
“Congratulations @ArminLaschet.
I'm looking forward to our cooperation!
Together we will continue the success story of the Union ”, wrote the Bavarian Prime Minister.
Update from January 16, 12.12 p.m
.: What was the decisive factor for
Armin Laschet's
victory
(see previous update)
?
Union parliamentary group leader
Ralph Brinkhaus is
asked
after the vote live on
n-tv
.
"He gave a strong speech, very emotional, very connecting" - and his call to stick together, that "pulled" most of the delegates, believes Brinkhaus.
Laschet could integrate:
"He can do it."
But with regard to the
federal election in 2021
, the
polls
for Laschet are "not intoxicating," the reporter objects.
"Survey values are snapshots - it depends on the long furrow," replies Brinkhaus.
However, the
runoff election
points to “many camps” in the CDU, the reporter stated.
Brinkhaus refers to the high proportion of votes also for
Norbert Röttgen
and interprets the matter as follows: "This shows first of all that we have good staff."
What role will the defeated
Friedrich Merz
play
now
?
"I hope that he plays the role, that he supports Laschet," said Brinkhaus.
CDU chairmanship: Armin Laschet victorious - in his speech he mentions the federal election in 2021
Update from January 16, 11:32 a.m
.: Armin Laschet is the new CDU chairman!
The result of the runoff between him and Friedrich Merz is there.
At the digital party congress he gave his winning speech: “Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends at home, because you have voted.
First of all, thank you for the great trust.
I am aware of the responsibility that comes with this office.
He hoped "that we will
survive
the
state elections
well together and that the Union
will provide
the chancellor
in the
federal election in 2021
".
For legal reasons, a
postal vote will
follow for confirmation
.
The official result will be announced on Friday.
Laschet is now following
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
, who announced her resignation.
991 votes were cast.
There were four abstentions.
Race for the CDU chairmanship: Laschet and Merz in the runoff election, Röttgen is out
Update of 16 Janaur, 11:17
Armin Laschet must be in the running for the CDU presidency against Friedrich Merz in the
runoff
.
At the digital CDU party conference, the former Union
parliamentary group leader has
385
votes, NRW Prime Minister Laschet has
380
votes.
On the other hand, the third candidate for the chair, Norbert Röttgen, is out of the running, for whom 224 delegates voted.
Update from January 16, 11:09 a.m .:
Jens Spahn's
advertising campaign is
causing discussions
(see update from January 16, 10:50 a.m.)
.
Political expert Nadine to Roxel at n-tv thinks this was “unabashed” and “not fair”.
Has Spahn's switch
even harmed
Laschet
?
Or are there delegates who like this team idea, which Spahn obviously wanted to emphasize again here?
Overall, n-tv's head of politics Nikolaus Blome rates Laschet's speech as very strong.
He played his trump card and bet on emotionality.
Does that help him win?
The result of the first ballot should be announced soon.
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NRW Prime Minister and candidate for the party chairmanship, Armin Laschet, speaks at the digital federal party conference of the CDU.
© Michael Kappeler / dpa
CDU party conference: Suddenly Jens Spahn joins in
Update from January 16, 10:50 a.m.:
In a question and answer session after the speeches of all candidates, Jens Spahn also briefly switched to the studio.
But he didn't ask how things actually happened at this point. Although he didn't ask how things were actually planned at this point, he once again advertised his team with Laschet.
They are the right ones “because this year there is a
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn is now involved.
He is joining the team with Laschet because they are convinced that a closed CDU is needed.
Laschet "lives unity", according to Spahn, the NRW Prime Minister is taking responsibility in the crisis.
“Yes, Armin and I don't always agree,” says Spahn.
One, but both: “We want a strong CDU for a strong Germany.” Ultimately, the Federal Health Minister does not ask one question, but simply speaks out in favor of his team partner Laschet.
CDU chairmanship: Laschet puts everything on one card in Rede - then he steps next to the desk and gives the main message
Update from January 16, 10 a.m .:
Laschet gives a very energetic speech, gestures a lot, looks directly into the camera.
He knows: “I may not be the man of the perfect production, but I am
Armin Laschet
and you can rely on that.” Then Laschet steps to the side of the desk at the end of his speech and leans against it.
He reaches into his pocket and takes out his father's identification
tag
from his time as a miner
(see update from January 16, 9:51 a.m.)
.
His father gave it to him as a good luck charm, with the words: “Tell people they can
trust
you
.” The
most important question
for
democracy is
now
: “Who
do you
trust?
You decide today, ”Laschet addressed the delegates directly, pointing his finger resolutely at the camera.
Armin Laschet at the CDU party conference: The NRW Prime Minister relies on trust
Update from January 16, 9:56 a.m.:
Laschet does not want to continue everything as it is now.
“We will have to do a lot of things differently and a lot of things new after the pandemic.”
Laschet keeps
coming back
to the subject of trust.
“Trust in the future, that's what we need now.” He and his team partner Jens Spahn formulated “Impulse 2021”.
“The Germany that I imagine is a European
Germany,
” says Laschet.
The country must be a role model, show humanity.
“The
CDU
must become a think tank and a place of discussion again.” He also addresses the issue of promoting women.
“The first row does not represent the whole party.
We need more
women here
. ”Laschet emphasizes, especially in parliaments.
Laschet at the CDU party congress: "We won't let right-wing terrorists destroy our country"
Update from January 16, 9:51 am:
"Right now it would be important that we all see each other personally",
Armin Laschet
begins
his speech.
First of all, he thanks Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer once again, who said goodbye on Friday without an audience on site.
"My father was a miner," says Lachet, "every day 1000 meters underground, heat, darkness, hard work." He always said to him: If you are underground, it doesn't matter where your colleague comes from, which one Religion he has.
"The point is, can you rely on him?"
Laschet looks at
America
: there, trust has broken.
The president "destroyed" it because he spread lies.
"Now we can see where this will lead in the end," says Laschet, looking at the storming of the Capitol in Washington.
“Many believe that this cannot happen to us.” Laschet sees it differently.
"To put it bluntly, we won't let right-wing terrorists and intellectual arsonists destroy our country." Regarding the sentence "You have to be able to polarize," Laschet said very clearly: "No."
We have to speak plain language, but not polarize. "
CDU chairmanship: Armin Laschet is the first to speak at the party conference
Update from January 16, 9.45 a.m.:
Armin Laschet is on stage and looks into the camera.
This is his last chance to convince the delegates for himself.
Update from January 16, 8:50 a.m.:
According to the
CDU party conference program,
Armin Laschet will be
the first candidate this Saturday to appear in front of the camera and want to convince the 1001 delegates one last time before the election.
Most recently, the Prime Minister from North Rhine-Westphalia was able to win important supporters, including his colleague from Hesse, Volker Bouffier.
Among other things, the head of the Junge Union, Tilman Kuban, assumes that there will
be a runoff
between
Armin Laschet
and
Friedrich Merz
.
He himself then crossed his fingers for Merz.
The result of the digital voting is expected around noon.
The second day's program is supposed to begin at 9:30 a.m.
Armin Laschet at the CDU party congress: Angela Merkel's hint
Update from January 15, 10:15 p.m
.: Did
Angela Merkel
reveal her favorites
when she greeted the
CDU party conference
?
"I would like a team to be elected," she said - and only
Armin Laschet is
running together with a vice-candidate, namely Jens Spahn.
The outcome of the election is expected with particular excitement - also because the delegates vote from home and may vote differently than at a major event.
Armin Laschet's application for the CDU chairmanship: He competes in a team with Jens Spahn
First report from January 15, 4:43 p.m
.: Berlin - Does
Armin Laschet have
what it takes to be the new CDU chairman?
The Prime Minister of
North Rhine-Westphalia
is going to the online party conference (January 16) at least with the clear goal of winning the election and becoming
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's
successor
.
Laschet is
running with
Jens Spahn
, who will be his vice-president.
The Federal
Minister of
Health supports this candidacy, "because it is about keeping the state, the party, together."
Laschet
has shown "in North Rhine-Westphalia how governing works."
CDU chairmanship: Laschet, Spahn or Röttgen?
In the race for the
CDU chairmanship
, the 59-year-old has to
prevail
against
Friedrich Merz
and
Norbert Röttgen
.
In the most recent polls *,
Laschet
ranks second.
Behind
Merz
and before
Röttgen
.
In the current ARD Germany trend, the native of Aachen was able to gain a whopping ten percentage points compared to the previous month.
So is it actually enough for victory in the end?
CDU chairmanship: Laschet praise from AKK - "The actual government experience lies with him"
Shortly before the election, the prime minister wins at least not only in polls, but also in prominent supporters.
The outgoing party chairman
Kramp-Karrenbauer
had already
let through
an election recommendation for
Laschet
and said that she wanted a successor with government experience.
With a view to this criterion, she highlighted one in
particular
in the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
: "The actual government experience, you are right, it lies with
Armin Laschet
."
This then, in the end, quite offensive positioning by Kramp-Karrenbauer was not well received everywhere.
Norbert Röttgen
said: “I don't think that the delegates are now waiting so urgently for others to tell them who to vote for as delegates.
They can do that themselves. "
@CDU and @CSU are closer together than they have been for years.
Thanks to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer @akk u @Markus_Soeder, who have brought the Union back together since 2018.
A lot of solidarity at the New Year's reception of our @CDUNRW_de. In the crisis, what we have together has proven itself.
pic.twitter.com/ve7N8HIJps
- Armin Laschet (@ArminLaschet) January 9, 2021
CDU chairmanship: Laschet's popularity grows - Bouffier signals support
But Kramp-Karrenbauer
is not the only advocate of Laschet.
Because the Hessian Prime Minister
Volker Bouffier
has also spoken out clearly in favor of his colleague from North Rhine-Westphalia.
Bouffier
had
advertised
Laschet
at a meeting of the Hessian delegates
, as a spokesman for the Hessian CDU confirmed to the
German Press Agency
.
The 69-year-old is said to have highlighted Lashte's team spirit with his supporter
Jens Spahn
.
"He can lead a government and knows how to hold a coalition together," the
FAZ
quotes
the Hessian Prime Minister.
Previously, some CDU regional associations as well as NRW Transport Minister
Hendrik Würst
, MEP
Dennis Radtke
, Lower Saxony's state chief
Bernd Althusmann
and Chancellery chief
Helge Braun had
spoken out in favor of Laschet.
In Thuringia, Brandenburg and Bremen, the respective parliamentary group leaders also called for the 59-year-old to be elected.
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Volker Bouffier (l) is apparently in favor of Armin Laschet as the new CDU boss.
© via imago
CDU chairmanship: Armin Laschet - can the NRW prime minister become head of the union?
Laschet
has been Prime Minister of
North Rhine-Westphalia
since 2017
and successor to
Hannelore Kraft
(SPD *).
In the most populous federal state in Germany, he leads a black and yellow state government.
Now he wants to take the next step in his political vita.
In the end, is it actually enough to chair the CDU?
In this ticker we accompany Laschet's speech and keep you up to date on all information about the NRW Prime Minister.
All information about the
CDU party congress
is also available in our general news ticker.
(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network
