The CDU elects a new party leader: Armin Laschet was recently able to win advocates.
Is it enough to win against Friedrich Merz and Norbert Röttgen?
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Who will be the new
CDU leader
*?
On Saturday (January 16), the CDU delegates will
decide
at the
online party conference
.
In addition to
Armin Laschet
*, you can also
choose from
Friedrich Merz
and
Norbert Röttgen
.
NRW Prime Minister Laschet can hope for prominent support.
This news ticker is continuously updated.
Update from January 15, 2020, 10:15 p.m
.: Did
Angela Merkel
reveal her favorites
when she greeted the
CDU party conference
?
"I would like a team to be elected," she said - and only
Armin Laschet is
running together with a vice-candidate, namely Jens Spahn.
The outcome of the election is expected with particular excitement - also because the delegates vote from home and may vote differently than at a major event.
Armin Laschet's application for the CDU chairmanship: He competes in a team with Jens Spahn
First report from January 15th, 2020, 4.43 p.m
.: Berlin - Does
Armin Laschet have
what it takes to be the new CDU chairman?
The Prime Minister of
North Rhine-Westphalia
is going to the online party conference (January 16) at least with the clear goal of winning the election and becoming
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's
successor
.
Laschet is
running with
Jens Spahn
, who will be his vice-president.
The Federal
Minister of
Health supports this candidacy, "because it is about keeping the state, the party, together."
Laschet
has shown "in North Rhine-Westphalia how governing works."
CDU chairmanship: Laschet, Spahn or Röttgen?
In the race for the
CDU chairmanship
, the 59-year-old has to
prevail
against
Friedrich Merz
and
Norbert Röttgen
.
In the most recent polls *,
Laschet
ranks second.
Behind
Merz
and before
Röttgen
.
In the current ARD Germany trend, the native of Aachen was able to gain a whopping ten percentage points compared to the previous month.
So is it actually enough for victory in the end?
CDU chairmanship: Laschet praise from AKK - "The actual government experience lies with him"
Shortly before the election, the prime minister wins at least not only in polls, but also in prominent supporters.
The outgoing party chairman
Kramp-Karrenbauer
had already
let through
an election recommendation for
Laschet
and said that she wanted a successor with government experience.
With a view to this criterion, she highlighted one in
particular
in the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
: "The actual government experience, you are right, it lies with
Armin Laschet
."
This then, in the end, quite offensive positioning by Kramp-Karrenbauer was not well received everywhere.
Norbert Röttgen
said: “I don't think that the delegates are now waiting so urgently for others to tell them who to vote for as delegates.
They can do that themselves. "
@CDU and @CSU are closer together than they have been for years.
Thanks to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer @akk u @Markus_Soeder, who have brought the Union back together since 2018.
A lot of solidarity at the New Year's reception of our @CDUNRW_de. In the crisis, what we have together has proven itself.
pic.twitter.com/ve7N8HIJps
- Armin Laschet (@ArminLaschet) January 9, 2021
CDU chairmanship: Laschet's popularity grows - Bouffier signals support
But Kramp-Karrenbauer
is not the only advocate of Laschet.
Because the Hessian Prime Minister
Volker Bouffier
has also spoken out clearly in favor of his colleague from North Rhine-Westphalia.
Bouffier
had
advertised
Laschet
at a meeting of the Hessian delegates
, as a spokesman for the Hessian CDU confirmed to the
German Press Agency
.
The 69-year-old is said to have highlighted Lashte's team spirit with his supporter
Jens Spahn
.
"He can lead a government and knows how to hold a coalition together," the
FAZ
quotes
the Hessian Prime Minister.
Previously, some CDU regional associations as well as NRW Transport Minister
Hendrik Würst
, MEP
Dennis Radtke
, Lower Saxony's state chief
Bernd Althusmann
and Chancellery chief
Helge Braun had
spoken out in favor of Laschet.
In Thuringia, Brandenburg and Bremen, the respective parliamentary group leaders also called for the 59-year-old to be elected.
+
Volker Bouffier (l) is apparently in favor of Armin Laschet as the new CDU boss.
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CDU chairmanship: Armin Laschet - can the NRW prime minister become head of the union?
Laschet
has been Prime Minister of
North Rhine-Westphalia
since 2017
and successor to
Hannelore Kraft
(SPD *).
In the most populous federal state in Germany, he leads a black and yellow state government.
Now he wants to take the next step in his political vita.
In the end, is it actually enough to chair the CDU?
In this ticker we accompany Laschet's speech and keep you up to date on all information about the NRW Prime Minister.
All information about the
CDU party congress
is also available in our general news ticker.
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