Huge trouble at the CDU party convention: Merz threatens to revolt against Laschet's demand - "This election must take place"

The CDU party congress on December 4th is not quite certain yet.

A decision should be made on Monday.

That would also help the hanging game for the CDU chairmanship.

• A presence event with 1001 delegates as a

  CDU party congress

  is unthinkable for some members.

• But a meeting is important because the party has been looking for a successor to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer since February.

• In a recent poll,

  Friedrich Merz

  gets

  a majority through certain groups of voters.

Update from October 25, 2:07 p.m

.: It is still not certain whether the CDU party congress will take place on December 4, as the

keep on increasing.

Now there is a fight for it.

As the

reports, there will be a big

today

.

According to the newspaper, all three candidates for the party chairmanship were invited to the CDU headquarters on Sunday from 4 p.m.

are to prepare a decision there together with CDU leader Annegret Kramp Karrenbauer, CDU general Paul Ziemiak and all CDU deputy federal chairmen, which will then be finally made on Monday (October 26) in the CDU presidium should.

This threatens a massive

.

Because Laschet has already made it publicly clear that he supports a postponement (see update from October 25, 8:17 a.m.).

The

North

said that parties had to be a role model.

What is expected of the citizens, they must do themselves and reduce contacts where possible.

“This party congress is not absolutely necessary now, it can be postponed.

We must now focus all our strength, energy and efforts on combating the pandemic. "

Merz, on the other hand, wants the party conference to take place.

“According

to the party law and its own statutes, the

is obliged

to elect

a new

executive

this year

,” Merz told the newspapers of the Funke media group.

"This election must take place, even if a party congress at a location with 1001 delegates should not be possible at the moment." As

reports, this legal obligation no longer applies since a change in the law by the Bundestag on October 9th.

Dispute over the CDU federal party conference in Corona times: Merz is probably threatening an uprising

As the newspaper further reports, it is already being said in CDU circles that Merz is threatening an uprising and could

demand

a

survey if the party congress should be canceled again.

The background is Merz's fear that his chances of being postponed could worsen.

He also felt strengthened by a

, according to which 45 percent are in favor of Merz's candidacy.

However, the

writes

that his plan to force a membership decision has little chance of success: At the last

was decided that there should be no primary election for the election of the CDU chief.

The tops of the party are

split

according to

-information regarding the party congress.

According to this,

and the Saxon Prime Minister

are

fighting

for the party congress to take place.

CDU General Ziemiak has been working out options for weeks on how the party conference could take place with a view to the corona pandemic.

On Monday he wants to present a concept to the CDU presidium and board that can be voted on in December.

The CDU would not meet with 1001 delegates in Stuttgart, as previously planned, but in 10 to 12 halls with up to 100 delegates.

Election to the CDU chairman: Laschet and Merz argue about the federal party conference

Update from October 25, 1:43 p.m

.: The CDU presidency applicants

arguing about a possible postponement of the CDU federal party

conference

due to the corona pandemic.

While NRW Prime Minister Laschet pleaded for a delay in the “Welt am Sonntag” (see update from October 25th, 8:17 am), Merz turned against it in the newspapers of the Funke media group.

The way out is a decentralized event that is limited to the election of the new party leadership.

Election to the CDU chairman: NRW Prime Minister Laschet pleads for postponement of the CDU party congress

Update from October 25, 8:17 a.m

.: According to other leading CDU politicians, North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister

spoken out in favor of postponing the party conference planned for December in view of the tense Corona situation.

There, the successor to the outgoing

elected.

Laschet is

a candidate for the chair

alongside

.

Larger party events are currently "not possible and not negotiable", said Laschet now the "Welt am Sonntag" ("WamS").

The party congress is not necessarily required in December either.

All of the pending questions could also be decided after the winter.

"We must now

focus

all our strength, energy and efforts on

," Laschet emphasized.

“The people in Germany have less than ever an understanding of the fact that parties are now dealing with themselves.” Parties should be role models.

What the parties expect from the citizens, they would have to adhere to themselves - namely to reduce contacts where possible, demanded the

According to information from the “WamS”,

wants to present

his party's governing bodies on Monday with a concept of how the party congress can be held in December.

His plan includes a decentralized event.

The CDU would therefore not meet with 1001 delegates in Stuttgart as planned, but with 100 to 200 delegates each in eight to ten halls nationwide, reports the newspaper.

CDU party convention: election of the chairman due to Corona on the brink - survey shows clear favorites

First report from October 24th

: Stuttgart - The

* is currently in the air: The current chairwoman

announced her

in February

, and since then three candidates have officially applied for her

.

There has been no open exchange of blows between the applicants

,

* (together in the team with

) and

*, because the competition should be fair, according to the announcement of their current party leader.

But it

is currently very uncertain

whether a

, which should bring the final decision after a long time, will really

take place

on

.

1001 delegates are to come together in Baden-Württemberg on this day.

In view of the

and against the background of event bans, it is an irritating project.

That is what some top CDU leaders think.

So Saarland premier said

the

on Saturday about

: "This would be a disastrous signal - also in view of the limitations that we our citizens corona caused in everyday life expect." Even Economy Minister

takes the pandemic events coverage the coronavirus in Germany at a glance: At the moment the numbers are "much too high", he tells the newspapers of the

.

"Nowhere in the republic do larger events take place."

+

The three official candidates for the CDU party chairmanship - Norbert Röttgen, Friedrich Merz and Armin Laschet (from left).

© Michael Kappeler / AFP

CDU party conference as an isolated solution in discussion - presence event with 1001 delegates controversial

So how will the party then elect a new party leader?

According to the

, there is now increasing discussion

about a kind of

- a decentralized party congress with a few people in several places.

Each location would then be connected via video.

According to

information, the

model could be

a corresponding planning for the Lower Saxony CDU state party conference on November 7th.

A

the CDU party congress does not yet

seem entirely out of the question

.

However, in view of the situation, it can first be assumed that the

did not completely disappear

in spring

.

On Monday, the CDU top will

decide on alternatives for the party congress

in meetings of the

and board.

CDU party chairmanship decides between Friedrich Merz, Armin Laschet and Norbert Röttgen

So that would clarify the formal part.

It remains to be seen who the delegates choose to be their new chairman, in whatever form.

A new survey by the opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of RTL and ntv asked 1007 CDU members about their wishes.

The clear favorite among them is

.

According to this, 45 percent of the members would choose the ex-group chairman with a long business career.

24 percent are for NRW Prime Minister Laschet, 13 percent for the foreign expert Röttgen.

Who can score points with which internal party groups is very different: According to the survey, Merz is

popular

in

, 54 percent of the

surveyed

choose him.

He can also convince people who classify themselves as politically right-wing (59 percent).

Laschet, on the other hand, knows groups from his state of

(39 percent) as well as CDU party members of the left wing behind him.

There was a discussion at the Junge Union a few days ago.

Who of the three was able to convince the most there is still open.

Many thanks to the @Junge_Union for this great #JUPITCH.

The content was well thought out and technically implemented perfectly.

I am convinced: This will also set standards for the @CDU!

(FM)

- Friedrich Merz (@_FriedrichMerz) October 17, 2020

CDU party chairmanship: who will achieve a good result in the Bundestag election?

Anyone who becomes party chairman is often treated as a

.

However, as in many polls before, most see a candidate from another party as the best option.

has

chances for a good result in the

2021

.

More than half of the members believe in the CSU man from Bavaria.

Laschet and Merz each receive only a fifth of the votes when it comes to a good union result in the election.

Finally, there is Health Minister

, who is currently not only fighting politically with the corona virus.

71 percent expect that he will "assume an outstanding role in the CDU" in the future.

So is Spahn possibly following the calls in his party to step out of the previous team with Laschet?

The

, whenever and wherever, will tell.

Until then, candidates can still officially apply for chairmanship of the CDU.