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Laschet optimistic about CDU leadership and candidate for chancellor - "Germany needs a clear course"

2020-08-31T21:06:09.019Z


North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet sees himself at an advantage in the race for the CDU chairmanship and is also optimistic about the Union's candidacy for chancellor.


North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Armin Laschet sees himself at an advantage in the race for the CDU chairmanship and is also optimistic about the Union's candidacy for chancellor.

  • The fight for the

    CDU *

    chairmanship

    has been going on for several months.

  • Armin Laschet *

    sees himself at an advantage in the race for party leadership.

  • In terms of

    chancellor candidate

    is

    Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia

    optimistic.

Düsseldorf / Munich - The fight for the

CDU chairmanship

has been going on for several months

and, connected with it, for the best chances of

the

Union's

candidacy for 

chancellor

.

Armin Laschet

Friedrich Merz

 and 

Norbert Röttgen *

are the names of the candidates to succeed

CDU

boss

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

.

North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister

Laschet

is confident of victory in the race for party chairmanship and is also optimistic about the candidate for chancellor.

He is convinced that his political course for the

Union

would be more promising than that of

CSU boss Markus Söder

.

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Armin Laschet is optimistic about the candidate for chancellor for the Union

In an interview with “Bild am Sonntag”,

Laschet

stated

that the

general election will be

a battle for the middle.

“Both the SPD candidate for chancellor and the Greens are striving towards the center.

The Union must get its approval there.

I can contribute something convincing, "affirmed the

NRW Prime Minister

.

Laschet

's greatest competitor for the

candidacy

for

chancellor

for the

Union

is the

Bavarian Prime Minister Söder

.

The

CSU

boss has been

enjoying increasing popularity

in surveys since the

Corona

crisis.

"The fact that Markus Söder, the CSU has made back stronger, I'm glad," said

Laschet

and added: "In a crisis, I decided the way it is right, effective for my state of North Rhine-Westphalia and proportionate." The Prime Minister

of North Rhine Westfalens

believes that such a political style and such content will ultimately convince.

Armin Laschet: "Germany needs a clear course for the new decade"

When asked whether he would

trust Söder with

the

chancellery

,

Laschet

replied

: "Every good prime minister has the tools for a chancellorship, of course." With regard to a

candidate for chancellor

, the native of Aachen argued that as prime minister he is a country with 18 million people lead.

“We have unleashed the economy of bureaucracy, improved education and strengthened internal security with a clear zero-tolerance course against lawbreakers.

Germany also needs a clear course for the new decade, ”said

Laschet

.

Armin #Laschet, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, was certain of victory in an interview in terms of #Cancellor candidate.

For the party, it is important which candidate has already successfully contested an election, emphasized Laschet.

https://t.co/gWMWNOQ8zm

- RND (@RND_de) August 30, 2020

Laschet sees himself in the race for the CDU chairmanship at an advantage

Laschet

also

sees himself

at an advantage in the

race for the

CDU chairmanship

.

As Prime Minister of a large country, he brings a lot of practical government experience and successful political action.

Laschet

teased his competitors

Merz

and

Röttgen

: "In addition, there is an important criterion for the delegates with a view to our chances in the federal election: Who of the candidates has already successfully contested and won an election?" In the "ZDF summer interview" did Still-party leader

Kramp-Karrenbauer

now expressed alarm.

She fears a "ruinous" struggle for the

CDU chairmanship

and no longer believes in an amicable solution.

Laschet

recently posed

in a telling photo and earned bitter ridicule.

In mid-August,

Söder

publicly

wadded off

the NRW Prime Minister.

(ph) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network

Source: merkur

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