On January 16, the CDU delegates elect a new chairman of the party.
Because digital elections are currently not legally secure, a postal vote will then take place.
Next Saturday (January 16) it should be clear who will lead the
CDU Germany *
in the super election year 2021.
An official
result
is only expected after the postal votes have been counted on January 22nd.
To the
CDU party congress *
many familiar faces are invited to give digital speeches and greetings.
Berlin - Not only the CDU will be eagerly awaiting the result: On January
15 and 16,
1001 delegates will meet at
the CDU's
first
digital party conference
.
The most sensational item on the program is likely to be the election of the new chairman.
In the past few weeks, the three most promising candidates presented themselves several times to their party friends and the grassroots.
Friedrich Merz
stands for a conservative short for the party.
After losing to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, he is running for the office of CDU chairman for the second time.
He sat in the Bundestag until 2009, then switched to business for a longer period of time.
Armin Laschet *
is currently Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia.
He has already sat in the Bundestag and the European Parliament.
Most recently, he advocated wanting to continue Angela Merkel's policy.
Jens Spahn * is on the team with him.
Norbert Röttgen *
says of himself that he is “not a warehouse” but stands for everyone.
He has been in the Bundestag since 1994 and was Environment Minister under Merkel until 2012.
As chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he cares a lot about foreign policy.
Everyone wants to convince with his concept, because from the position as
chairman
a candidate for chancellor for the Union could possibly arise.
However, this is
coordinated
beforehand with the CSU and its boss
Markus Söder
.
Armin Laschet and the Bavarian Prime Minister had already grooved as a possible team at the New Year's reception of the CDU from NRW *.
Election of the new CDU chairman: when will there be a result?
The
election itself will take place
next Saturday
(January 16)
after all three applicants have once again created the mood for themselves - as far as this is possible with a digital format.
Subsequently, according to the party program, a
result
should be announced.
If nobody
gets
an absolute majority of
the votes
in the first round
- i.e. nobody gets over 50 percent of all possible votes - there will be a
runoff
between the first and second place.
Next week for # cdupt21 1001 delegates will come together digitally and # because of tomorrow.
You choose a leadership with which we will make the right decisions this year so that Germany can get out of the crisis well.
#cduvorsitz
👉 https://t.co/BdWEmogRin pic.twitter.com/Mfi9PUA5Vs
- CDU Germany (@CDU) January 8, 2021
The fact that
digital voting and decisions are made
at the
CDU party congress
is a novelty in German party history.
In order for the election result to be binding and legally secure, a final written vote by postal vote takes place.
The count will take place on Friday,
January 22nd
and the
results will be
announced
on the same day
.
In addition to the new chairman, five deputy chairmen and the members of the Presidium and the Federal Executive Board will be newly elected.
In addition, votes are taken on the federal treasurer and the member's representative.
CDU party congress: program around the election of the chairman and the result
The
program of the party congress
extends over two days.
According to the schedule, the event will run on Friday, January 15th from 6pm to 9pm, and on Saturday, January 16th from 9.30am to 3pm.
Speeches and greetings from the previous CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chancellor Angela Merkel *, General Secretary Paul Ziemiak, CSU boss Söder and Donald Tusk, President of the European People's Party, are planned for Friday.
After the speeches of the
three candidates for the presidency
and the vote on Saturday, greetings from EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the opposition leader of Belarus, Svetlana Tichanowskaja, are to follow.
The final word should be given by the
new chairman of the CDU *
.
In the polls *,
Friedrich Merz
is currently
ahead, but
Armin Laschet
and
Norbert Röttgen
follow closely behind
.
(cibo) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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