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