The designated CDU chairman Armin Laschet suffers a cracking poll defeat.
Only 21 percent of those questioned trust him to be a candidate for chancellor.
Berlin - On Friday afternoon, the
CDU
wants to
make official what was done a week ago at the 33rd party conference of the
Christian Democratic Union
was decided.
Armin Laschet
*
succeeds
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
as
party chairman
*
and can therefore expect good chances of becoming
the Union's
candidate for chancellor
in the upcoming
federal election
.
For legal reasons, his election at the digital party conference must be confirmed by the delegates by postal vote.
Armin Laschet: Harsh poll defeat for the new CDU chairman
A process that is considered a purely formality.
The only interesting
thing is
whether
Laschet's
lead over his competitor
Friedrich Merz
*
grows or shrinks by a few votes from 55 votes.
What was
supposed to be a successful day
for
Armin Laschet
, however, starts with a sobering
defeat in the
survey
.
A Kantar
survey
commissioned by the Funke media group
wanted to know from the German population which Union candidate they are
calculating the best chance of victory
in the upcoming
federal election
.
The sobering result: only 21 percent of those surveyed consider the designated
CDU leader Laschet
to be the best
candidate
for
chancellor
.
+
Who will be the Union's candidate for chancellor?
CDU chairman Armin Laschet or CSU boss Markus Söder?
© Michael Kappeler / dpa-Pool / dpa
Chancellor candidate of the Union: 43 percent of Germans are in favor of Markus Söder
On the other hand, 43 percent of those questioned voted for the Bavarian
Prime Minister
and
CSU leader Markus Söder *
as
the Union's
best
candidate for chancellor
.
A clear defeat for Armin Laschet.
Due to his election as
CDU chairman, the
59-year-old is
considered the most promising candidate for
the Union's
candidacy for
chancellor
.
Markus Söder
had repeatedly emphasized in the past that he saw his place in Bavaria.
Nevertheless, the Bavarian Prime Minister is considered a potential candidate for Chancellor, mainly because of his popularity.
After Franz-Josef Strauss and Edmund Stoiber, the 54-year-old would only be the third candidate for Chancellor to be offered by the CSU *.
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