CDU scandal about Brinkhaus: "You obviously have no idea" - will the big row follow on Wednesday?

It's about the money - and suddenly the Chancellor's party gets in the wool in the Corona crisis.

In one meeting it cracks, the Chancellor and parliamentary group leader are in the criticism.

• The corona debate in Germany is taking on a new level: Suddenly, the Chancellery and Prime Minister worry about the end of the strong economic aid.

• The dispute over money suddenly divided the CDU, the Chancellor's party.

  Angela Merkel is also criticized.

• Already on Wednesday there could be another crack with the Chancellor.

Berlin / Magdeburg - After the big

would actually have been the time for demonstrative unity - but of all things, the

is currently grappling with violent disputes over the course of the crisis.

On Monday there was even a tangible scandal in the CDU presidium.

And the dispute could even indirectly continue on Wednesday.

Again under the eyes of

.

The Chancellor herself came under fire from within the CDU.

Corona dispute in the CDU: Bouffier goes out of his skin in session - "You obviously have no idea"

The reason for the disagreement is not about

- although there are marginal arguments about hotel openings.

The Conservatives got into a fight about the

during the crisis.

plays an unusually controversial role

.

He not only attacked the summit compromise between the federal and state governments in the Bundestag, but has also been aggressively demanding more financial responsibility from the states for a few days.

According to reports, it was precisely this that

.

"I will tell you very clearly, we are no longer ready to watch your goings-on!" He allegedly declared in the CDU presidium.

"They obviously have no idea of ​​the countries' crisis management," added Bouffier, as can be read.

Brinkhaus has

increasingly pushed

himself

into the public eye

with his

.

He is now even considered a possible candidate for party leadership.

Apparently he actually speaks from the heart of parts of his group.

Corona crisis: CDU suddenly in the financial clinic - Ziemiak gives explosive insight into the panel discussion

CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak

indicated on Monday in the

talk “Timeline” that there could

actually be a rift between the

in the

dispute

.

"What is certain is that he made one point clear from the group - namely that we are taking on so much debt that we have to ask how things will actually go in the next few years," said Ziemiak, referring to Brinkhaus' speech in parliament.

At the same time he added diplomatically: "But I also know what the federal states are doing."

#corona_weihnachten, #union_fuehrungsfrage, #afd_parteitag, #quotenfrau, #coronakritik_brinkhaus - those were the hashtags that I discussed with @evaschulz on #timeline.

Great format, exciting exchange!

Thank you for the invitation @mickybeisenherz!

pic.twitter.com/vWvuhQOIf1

- Paul Ziemiak (@PaulZiemiak) November 30, 2020

In the aftermath of the

became known that there was also support for Brinkhaus in the party presidium.

Following the Bouffier statement, Brinkhaus was also defended in the round, according to participants.

It is the task of the parliamentary group leader to also address things that

did not go well

with

. 

Brinkhaus also received encouragement from

and the

.

Merkel, too, suddenly came under fire in the CDU.

The chairman of the Union parliamentary group for medium-sized businesses,

, criticized not only the “self-image of the prime ministers” in the financing issue, but also the mode of decision-making in the

.

"On the one hand, I have

not found

the

anywhere in the Basic Law as a decision-making body and, on the other hand, certainly not that the federal government will then largely pay for decisions made there alone," he said.

Corona: Chancellor and Prime Minister meet on Wednesday - the next scandal could follow

The topic should also

play a role

at the

this Wednesday.

At the traditional

, it will also be about

,

among other points

.

It could crunch tremendously.

Because

came from the Union-led states of

as well as from

, where Bodo Ramelow is a Prime Minister of the Left Party.

“Rich countries could then afford more protection and more compensation than poor ones.

Nobody can seriously wish that, ”said

(CDU) - who this week, however, is also facing completely different problems with the debate on the radio license fee in his country.

Merkel lets Seibert arrange a need for discussion - the expert sees the debate calmly: "I think it's uninteresting"

Chancellor Angela Merkel

informed

that the federal, state and local governments must work together constructively in order to cope with the pandemic and its consequences in the best possible way.

"And they certainly have to keep talking about the distribution of certain costs on the route that lies ahead of us in this pandemic."

However, there are also voices who consider the whole

"Whether federal or state, I think this question is uninteresting," said economics professor Jens Südekum of the taz.

"Ultimately, the federal government is responsible anyway." (

)