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“Sauerland Trump” has won: the CDU dispute is a danger for all of Germany - and has consequences for Söder

2020-11-02T12:50:52.101Z


The CDU has maneuvered itself into the abyss. Many are to blame for this - and Friedrich Merz bought the victory dearly. The situation also has consequences for Markus Söder, says Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis.


The CDU has maneuvered itself into the abyss.

Many are to blame for this - and Friedrich Merz bought the victory dearly.

The situation also has consequences for Markus Söder, says Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis.

After the party conference was canceled, Friedrich Merz rumbled against the party “establishment”, which in turn insulted Merz as “Sauerland Trump”.

With severe injuries, the CDU is now dragging itself to its party congress in January.

That it had to come to this is also the fault of the party leadership.

Ironically, the party that has to manage the corona crisis shows itself hopelessly overwhelmed.

A comment.

The

CDU

has this week

look into the abyss

thrown - and has receded shuddering: With just over a month delay, the election of a new party leader is now yet to take place.

Friedrich Merz

prevailed with the unspoken threat that he would otherwise tear the party in two.

Elections should now take place in mid-January.

But his victory is bought at a price.

After his rumbling attacks on the

CDU “establishment”,

Merz

now

bears

the Cain mark of the “Sauerland Trump”, for whom his own success is more important than the unity of the party.

CDU dispute over Merz and the party congress: From Merkel to Laschet - many contributed to the crisis

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Georg Anastasiadis, editor-in-chief of Münchner Merkur.

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That it had to come to this is not just his fault.

It is a laughing stock that the

Merkel party

, of

all people,

which

expects

so much change and improvisational

talent from

its citizens, parents and restaurateurs in the

corona crisis, fails

even because of the comparatively simple organization of a digital party congress.

The always so friendly and jovial

Merz rival Armin Laschet,

in turn, was

power-conscious and unscrupulous

enough to use this circumstance to clear the December election date, which was unfavorable for him, in a push-button action.

Many people contributed to the difficult situation in the Union.

CDU dispute harbors dangers for all of Germany - for Markus Söder it has direct consequences

The fuss about the second Corona emergency stop is so great that many citizens overlook the

danger posed by the supposed internal party disputes

for the whole country.

The

CDU is the state party

, the stable center of Germany, which in 71 years made the Federal Republic the Chancellor for 51 years.

If the Union were to fall permanently into two camps in its struggle for direction, this would have

consequences for the entire state

.

This danger now seems to have been averted for the time being, with consequences also for the

Munich regent Markus Söder, who is keenly

interested

in becoming chancellor

.

Regardless of whether Laschet or Merz wins the fight for Merkel's CDU legacy in the end: In view of the severity with which both have been fighting for months, the winner will in the end hardly allow anyone else to run for chancellor.

Source: merkur

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