It's getting serious for the CDU: Merz wants to secure the lead - and suddenly brushes aside its own concerns

There is movement in the CDU election campaign: the date for the party congress is to be set on Monday.

Friedrich Merz is already putting pressure on it - the reason seems clear.

Berlin

- For excruciatingly long months, the

has been lurching

towards a decision in the search for its

.

At least the date for the election party conference should be found on Monday.

From 9 a.m. the meeting will take place in Berlin.

Someone already puts pressure on it in advance:

.

CDU party convention: Merz now wants to vote online for party leader posts - he had previously warned of hacker attacks

Merz is currently ahead in the polls - even if the lead has recently crumbled a bit.

This is probably one of the reasons why the

does not want to

wait any longer for election day than necessary.

For this purpose he wiped aside doubts he had raised himself on Sunday.

Merz had previously made a name for itself with conspiracy allegations.

In any case, according to its own statements, Merz (meanwhile) no longer has any doubts about a possible

.

Such a vote is technically feasible, said Merz on Sunday in the ARD program

.

“In my opinion, it is also legal.

We will make a final vote. "

The online vote is "not a proforma confirmation, it is a real choice".

The procedure was "checked up and down".

There

are “individual divergent opinions”

among

, said Merz.

“We will still make it technically and legally safe.” In an interview with

*, the former Blackrock supervisory board recently warned of a hacker attack.

CDU party congress: decision on date will be made on Monday - Merz, Laschet and Röttgen at the new "Triell"

It is an "appointment in preparation" how to deal with the

at the

.

The

is to be accepted, even if a legally secure written election will then take place among the delegates.

"In any case, I can say for myself that if I am not the one who wins this vote, then I will not run again in a subsequent written election," said Merz.

The

bodies will make

a final decision on Monday on the federal party conference at which a successor to CDU leader

will be elected.

In addition to Merz, North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister

and the foreign expert

applying

for the post.

The three politicians will also face another “Triell” on Monday evening.

Kramp-Karrenbauer has already warned several times against a "ruinous" election campaign.

Tune in tomorrow: public, live and in color - the first round of candidates for the #CDU chairmanship!

When?

🗓️ Monday, 7 to 8.30 p.m.

What?

💬 90 min conversation with @ArminLaschet, @_FriedrichMerz, Dr.

@n_roettgen

Where?

👉 https://t.co/NU0Y8iHzmy

👉 @phoenix_de pic.twitter.com/9BYVDhGffg

- CDU of Germany (@CDU) December 13, 2020

A one-day

is likely

.

The party conference had already had to be postponed twice - the original dates in May and December could not be kept due to the corona pandemic.

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