After the election of Armin Laschet as CDU chairman, the question of chancellor slowly arises.
The reactions from other parties are subdued.
Berlin -
Armin Laschet
(CDU)
himself says that the time for the chancellor question has not yet come.
"Now we have to get through the pandemic well, we will have to measure who wants to govern," he said in an interview with ZDF.
But of course after the
CDU presidency election is
before the
federal election
- and the question arises.
At least one party has
not necessarily lost its self-confidence
since Laschet's
election
- and seems to believe that they can defeat the Union, with whoever is at the top of the Union.
"We are looking forward to an exciting political competition about the question of which force will bravely, decisively and with renewed vigor lead our country out of the crisis into this decisive decade", announce the two
party
leaders of
the Greens
,
Annalena Bearbock
and
Robert Habeck
.
Laschet is CDU chairman: The Greens see the Union as overrated
They too had initially congratulated.
But they assume that the
Union is
currently still strong in the polls because Angela Merkel's handling of the pandemic is well received by the citizens.
But that is exactly what will be difficult with a new candidate for chancellor: "The Union is overrated and knows it," states
Robert Habeck
.
"In the coalition, coping with Corona is a challenge that cannot tolerate any further internal party competition between the conservatives," said
SPD chairwoman Saskia Esken
, who was also very successful in merging the union.
FDP boss Christian Lindner
tweeted: "To such good cooperation and such sporty competition as state chairman as we had both before as NRW state chairman."
After the election of Armin Laschet (CDU): There are also clearly critical voices from the left
"With Laschet, the CDU now has a new party chairman, but by no means a candidate for chancellor," said Left Chairwoman
Katja Kipping
: "No matter who wins the race for CDU candidate for chancellor, the CDU will not be ready to set the
course that we come out of the crisis fairly. "
"With
Armin Laschet
and Jens Spahn, the CDU has elected the administrators of the status quo," said
Bundestag Vice President Claudia Roth
in the "Augsburger Allgemeine" - she also refers to the election of the Federal Minister of Health as CDU party vice president.
And the movement "
Fridays for Future
" accuses the
NRW Prime Minister of
a "climate blockade".
The AfD criticized above all that with Laschet,
Angela Merkel's policy was
continued.
(kat)
