At the CDU party congress, a preliminary decision could be made as to who will lead the Union in the federal elections - or not.
The
new
CDU chairman will be
elected
on January 16
.
A few weeks ago, a
fourth candidate
entered the race for
party leadership
.
Ralph Brinkhaus
does
not automatically
see the
CDU chairman as
the Union's
candidate for chancellor
.
Berlin - In a few days will be on the
digital congress
of the
CDU
, a new
party chairman
elected.
On this day, a preliminary decision could also be made about who will lead the
Union in the federal elections
this year
.
But not only Markus Söder and Armin Laschet are slowing down this issue.
Also
Union Group Chief Ralph Brinkhaus
doubts in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung this usually practiced automatism.
According to
Brinkhaus
, the CDU party leader does not automatically have to be the Union’s designated candidate for chancellor.
But the conversation also provided further material for speculation.
Brinkhaus: The CDU or CSU boss does not automatically have to become a candidate for chancellor
Brinkhaus
posed
clear: “We will vote on a
chairman
on January 16
- and nothing else.
This office is not a transit station for the next post. ”
Brinkhaus is
thus opening
the field
for new
candidates
.
When asked whether anyone other than the
party leaders of the CDU and CSU could become a
candidate for chancellor, the
CDU politician
replied
: “Yes.
There are
several people in the Union
who I would trust to do this job. ”So far it had been widely assumed that either the newly elected
AKK successor or CSU chairman Markus Söder
would lead
the Union parties in the
federal elections
.
Does Brinkhaus want to be put up as CDU candidate for chancellor?
Should
Brinkhaus reflect
the zeitgeist with his assessment
meet in the Union, popular
CDU politicians
like
Health Minister Jens Spahn would have a
chance of running for
chancellor.
In surveys, Spahn is ahead of Merz or Röttgen.
But
Brinkhaus
believes that
survey results
should not be overrated. “Good survey results help, but they are not the only decisive factor.
Besides, nobody knows who will be on election day in September, ”says
Brinkhaus
.
There is also the question of when to decide who will be
the
Union's
candidate for chancellor
.
The
52-year-old
proposed
to determine who would be the candidate of the union parties
until after
Easter
.
Brinkhaus left
unanswered
whether he himself has ambitions for the candidacy for chancellor
.
Rather, he initially avoided the question and replied "This interview is not going in the right direction".
However, the parliamentary group leader added: "I have learned that it is never wise for the chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group to categorically say no in such situations," he said.
“The parliamentary group, and therefore its chairman, must always have the right to play a leading role.
But we have three candidates. ”At the same time,
Brinkhaus
also
emphasized
his motivation for his current position.
“You can achieve a lot in this office.
And my group and I still have a lot of ideas. "
Race for CDU chairmanship: Nothing has yet been decided in the election
Another candidate recently entered the race.
The Marburg entrepreneur
Andreas Ritzenhoff
had also announced two weeks ago
to apply for the office of CDU chairman
.
In addition to
Ritzenhoff
,
Armin Laschet
*,
Friedrich Merz
* and
Norbert Röttgen
*
are currently
in the running.
The decision who will ultimately take over the chairmanship and thus lead the
Union
into the federal election in 2021 will be made on January
15 and 16, 2021 at the CDU's digital party conference
.
1001 delegates can then vote who should win the race.
Merz
is currently
in first place in the surveys, followed by
Röttgen
in third place and
Laschet
in third place.
(
phf
)
* Merkur.de
is part of the Ippen-Digital editorial network.
