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New party leadership of the CDU: Friedrich Merz still in leadership

2021-01-15T13:22:54.920Z


At the 33rd party congress of the CDU, a new federal executive board and party chairman is elected. Friedrich Merz is running again for this post - this time with great chances of success.


At the 33rd party congress of the CDU, a new federal executive board and party chairman is elected.

Friedrich Merz is running again for this post - this time with great chances of success.

  •  The 33rd party congress of the

    CDU

    , at which a new party chairman will be elected, is imminent.

  • Friedrich Merz is

    running for the chair and is currently leading the polls.

  •  He is regarded as the leading figure of the conservatives and earns recognition, but also a lot of criticism.

Berlin - On January 15 and 16, the 33rd CDU * party congress will take place as a digital event.

On this not only the entire federal executive committee will be elected, but also a new

party chairman

.

The candidates for this post are

Norbert Röttgen *

,

Friedrich Merz

and

Armin Laschet

.

Health Minister

Jens Spahn is

not

running

, but has been nominated as

Armin Laschet's

deputy

.

A survey by Infratest-Dimap for the

ARD

Germany trend on January 7, 2021 shows that

Friedrich Merz is

currently

ahead of

the

CDU supporters

with 29 percent.

According to the results of the study, 25 percent would currently vote

for

Armin Laschet *

and

Norbert Röttgen

.

Despite the fact that Merz is ahead, he has lost 10 percentage points compared to November.

Laschet

, on the other hand, was able to gain 10 percentage points.

Party leadership CDU: Merz leads in the survey, but loses support

It is currently unclear whether the future party leader of the

CDU will

also be nominated as a candidate for chancellor.

This still has to be

clarified

in consultation with the

CSU

.

According to a survey for the

ARD

Germany trend, 35 percent of eligible voters and 40 percent of Union voters consider

Friedrich Merz

to be a suitable candidate for Union chancellor.

This means that he is only behind

Markus Söder

(CSU)

in the polls

.

Friedrich Merz

is a lawyer and financial expert and comes from the Sauerland.

The 64-year-old already applied at the federal party conference at the end of 2018 to succeed Chancellor

Angela Merkel

.

However, the winner was

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

, who announced her resignation last year.

Merz

is seen by many as the leading figure of the conservatives.

In contrast to his competitor

Kramp-Karrenbauer,

he wanted

the conservative profile of the

CDU

more strongly

emphasize.

Friedrich Merz: Digitization and energy policy as priorities

Before the outbreak of the

corona

pandemic

,

Merz was

very present in the media and was perceived by many as a particularly ambitious candidate.

However, since the

Corona crisis

, it has become less noticeable.

In politics talk shows, he made only a few comments on current politics.

Most recently he criticized the resolutions of the EU special summit on the EU budget framework and the

Corona reconstruction fund *

.

Merz

advertises itself as an innovator to whom the topics of digitization and energy policy are important.

He also strives to expand the foundations of the party.

In this way, conservatives and liberals should be better integrated.

In addition, according to his own statement, action must be taken against right-wing radicalism in Germany.

He stands for a market economy orientation - also in climate policy.

In his opinion, a climate policy should not go hand in hand

with restrictions on fundamental rights or economic life

like the

Corona

policy

.

A coalition with the

Greens *

however, he does not rule it out.

On the contrary: in June, in an interview with Spiegel, he advocated a

black-green government coalition

.

Criticism of Merz: Legislative vote on rape in marriage

Merz

is primarily accused of inadequate innovation and, as a result, partly of backward-looking thinking and acting.

Many observers also doubt his ability to work in a team and criticize that he is too self-absorbed.

He is accused of still seeking personal revenge against

Angela Merkel *

and of smelling attacks and intrigues against himself at every opportunity.

He was particularly criticized after he questioned his attitude towards a homosexual

Federal Chancellor

when he expressed doubts

: "As long as this is within the framework of the law and as long as it does not affect children - at this point, however, an absolute limit has been reached - this is not a topic for public discussion ”.

He was also repeatedly noticed with derogatory comments towards women, which he dismissed as humor and irony.

In this context,

Merz continues

to be accused of having voted in the Bundestag in 1997 against the law that would make marital rape a criminal offense.

 Merz as the future party chairman?

Support from the Junge Union

Although

Merz

has lost support since November 2020, he

is still ahead of his competitors

in the fight for the

CDU chairmanship *,

according to current polls.

Merz

enjoys

great popularity among

the party’s grassroots

. He will need this in the fight for the post of party chairman, since, unlike his competitors, he is not represented on a top committee.

Merz

is particularly popular

with the North German and East German regional associations. The

Junge Union

has also chosen him as its favorite candidate for party leadership. (

at) Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

Source: merkur

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