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Laschet puts everything on one card with action at the end of the speech - and is now the new CDU boss

2021-01-16T11:14:06.713Z


The CDU elects a new party leader: Armin Laschet repeatedly spoke of trust in his speech. He knows about his weaknesses - but skillfully exploits his strengths.


The CDU elects a new party leader: Armin Laschet repeatedly spoke of trust in his speech.

He knows about his weaknesses - but skillfully exploits his strengths.

  • 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

    .

  • Armin Laschet attacked US President Donald Trump in his speech

    (see update from January 16, 9:51 a.m.)

    .

  • This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from January 16, 11:32 a.m

.: Armin Laschet is the new CDU chairman!

The result of the runoff between him and Friedrich Merz is there.

At the digital party congress, he gave his winning speech: “Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends at home, because they voted.

First of all, thank you for the great trust.

I am aware of the responsibility that comes with this office.

He hoped "that we will

survive

the

state elections

well together and that the Union

will provide

the chancellor

in the

federal election in 2021

".

For legal reasons, a

postal vote will

follow for confirmation

.

The official result will be announced on Friday.

Laschet is now following

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

, who announced her resignation.

991 votes were cast.

There were four abstentions.

Race for the CDU chairmanship: Laschet and Merz in the runoff election, Röttgen is out

Update of 16 Janaur, 11:17

Armin Laschet must be in the running for the CDU presidency against Friedrich Merz in the

runoff

.

At the digital CDU party conference, the former Union

parliamentary group leader has

385

votes, NRW Prime Minister Laschet has

380

votes.

On the other hand, the third candidate for the chair, Norbert Röttgen, is out of the running, for whom 224 delegates voted.

Update from January 16, 11:09 a.m .:

Jens Spahn's

advertising campaign is

causing discussions

(see update from January 16, 10:50 a.m.)

.

Political expert Nadine to Roxel at n-tv thinks this was “unabashed” and “not fair”.

Has Spahn's switch

even harmed

Laschet

?

Or are there delegates who like this team idea, which Spahn obviously wanted to emphasize again here?

Overall, n-tv's head of politics Nikolaus Blome rates Laschet's speech as very strong.

He played his trump card and bet on emotionality.

Does that help him win?

The result of the first ballot should be announced soon.

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NRW Prime Minister and candidate for the party chairmanship, Armin Laschet, speaks at the digital federal party conference of the CDU.

© Michael Kappeler / dpa

CDU party conference: Suddenly Jens Spahn joins in

Update from January 16, 10:50 a.m.:

In a question and answer session after the speeches of all candidates, Jens Spahn also briefly switched to the studio.

But he didn't ask how things actually happened at this point. Although he didn't ask how things were actually planned at this point, he once again advertised his team with Laschet.

They are the right ones “because this year there is a

Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn is now involved.

He is joining the team with Laschet because they are convinced that a closed CDU is needed.

Laschet "lives unity", according to Spahn, the NRW Prime Minister is taking responsibility in the crisis.

“Yes, Armin and I don't always agree,” says Spahn.

One, but both: “We want a strong CDU for a strong Germany.” Ultimately, the Federal Health Minister does not ask one question, but simply speaks out in favor of his team partner Laschet.

CDU chairmanship: Laschet puts everything on one card in Rede - then he steps next to the desk and gives the main message

Update from January 16, 10 a.m .:

Laschet gives a very energetic speech, gestures a lot, looks directly into the camera.

He knows: “I may not be the man of the perfect production, but I am

Armin Laschet

and you can rely on that.” Then Laschet steps to the side of the desk at the end of his speech and leans against it.

He reaches into his pocket and takes out his father's identification

tag

from his time as a miner

(see update from January 16, 9:51 a.m.)

.

His father gave it to him as a good luck charm, with the words: “Tell people they can

trust

you

.” The

most important question

for

democracy is

now

: “Who

do you

trust?

You decide today, ”Laschet addressed the delegates directly, pointing his finger resolutely at the camera.

Armin Laschet at the CDU party conference: The NRW Prime Minister relies on trust

Update from January 16, 9:56 a.m.:

Laschet does not want to continue everything as it is now.

“We will have to do a lot of things differently and a lot of things new after the pandemic.”

Laschet keeps

coming back

to the subject of trust.

“Trust in the future, that's what we need now.” He and his team partner Jens Spahn formulated “Impulse 2021”.

“The Germany that I imagine is a European

Germany,

” says Laschet.

The country must be a role model, show humanity.

“The

CDU

must become a think tank and a place of discussion again.” He also addresses the issue of promoting women.

“The first row does not represent the whole party.

We need more

women here

. ”Laschet emphasizes, especially in parliaments.

Laschet at the CDU party congress: "We won't let right-wing terrorists destroy our country"

Update from January 16, 9:51 am:

"Right now it would be important that we all see each other personally",

Armin Laschet

begins

his speech.

First of all, he thanks Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer once again, who said goodbye on Friday without an audience on site.

"My father was a miner," says Lachet, "every day 1000 meters underground, heat, darkness, hard work." He always said to him: If you are underground, it doesn't matter where your colleague comes from, which one Religion he has.

"The point is, can you rely on him?"

Laschet looks at

America

: there, trust has broken.

The president "destroyed" it because he spread lies.

"Now we can see where this will lead in the end," says Laschet, looking at the storming of the Capitol in Washington.

“Many believe that this cannot happen to us.” Laschet sees it differently.

"To put it bluntly, we won't let right-wing terrorists and intellectual arsonists destroy our country." Regarding the sentence "You have to be able to polarize," Laschet said very clearly: "No."

We have to speak plain language, but not polarize. "

CDU chairmanship: Armin Laschet is the first to speak at the party conference

Update from January 16, 9.45 a.m.:

Armin Laschet is on stage and looks into the camera.

This is his last chance to convince the delegates for himself. 

Update from January 16, 8:50 a.m.:

According to the

CDU party conference program,

Armin Laschet will be

the first candidate this Saturday to appear in front of the camera and want to convince the 1001 delegates one last time before the election.

Most recently, the Prime Minister from North Rhine-Westphalia was able to win important supporters, including his colleague from Hesse, Volker Bouffier.

Among other things, the head of the Junge Union, Tilman Kuban, assumes that there will

be a runoff

between

Armin Laschet

and

Friedrich Merz

.

He himself then crossed his fingers for Merz.

The result of the digital voting is expected around noon.

The second day's program is supposed to begin at 9:30 a.m.

Armin Laschet at the CDU party congress: Angela Merkel's hint

Update from January 15, 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 15, 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.

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Volker Bouffier (l) is apparently in favor of Armin Laschet as the new CDU boss.

© via imago

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.

(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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