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"Anne Will" asks the question about the candidate for chancellor - Söder: "I am determined ..."

2021-01-19T07:16:52.815Z


If Laschet is the new CDU party leader, will he be a candidate for chancellor? Where is Söder? What about Spahn? Anne Will invited to the first election campaign talk of the year.


If Laschet is the new CDU party leader, will he be a candidate for chancellor?

Where is Söder?

What about Spahn?

Anne Will invited to the first election campaign talk of the year.

  • Subject of

    "Anne Will"

    : Leadership in times of crisis - what kind of politics does Germany need now?

  • Bouffier explains: The

    candidate for chancellor will

    not be decided

    until Easter

    .

  • Söder's answer to the question about the candidate for chancellor: "I am determined ..."

  • Dispute in the group about the obligation to work from home:

    Esken

    and

    Habeck

    for it,

    Söder

    and

    Lindner

    reject the legal regulation.

"Anne Will" - these guests discussed with:

  • Volker Bouffier (CDU)

    - Prime Minister of Hesse, deputy.

    CDU party chairman

  • Markus Söder (CSU)

    - Prime Minister of Bavaria, party chairman

  • Saskia Esken (SPD)

    - party leader

  • Robert Habeck (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen

    ) - party chairman

  • Christian Lindner (FDP)

    - party chairman

The first elephant

round of

the

super election year 2021

at the political talk

"Anne Will"

in the first.

The man of the hour is missing:

Armin Laschet

is represented by his vice-president Volker Bouffier.

Despite Corona and state elections, the federal election on September 26 is getting closer and closer and with it the question: Who has what it takes

to lead

the country

as Chancellor

after the end of the

Merkel era

?

"Anne Will" asks the question about the candidate for chancellor - Söder: "I am determined ..."

Anne Will

feels - to the obvious delight of the group - Bavaria's Prime Minister

Markus Söder in

this regard.

She tries it with flattery: “You are ahead in the polls!” She provokes: “Do you still have a chance if

Armin Laschet

clearly says he'll do it?” Or as a teacher: “You haven't answered my question yet…” Yes

Söder

remains steadfast: "I am firmly determined ..." he replies, and after a break in art he says: "... that I want to discuss this with Armin!"

Bouffier on “Anne Will”: What matters is with whom we will be most successful in the end

Söder

makes it clear: “In the end it will be decisive that

Laschet

and I work together.” And: “It doesn't depend on the ego of an individual!” Or also: “The question is always: What is the best for people?

The best for our country? "

Bouffier jumps to the side of the CSU party friend: The federal election is still felt to be an eternity.

Nothing is to be expected before Easter - in other words: after the

state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate

and

Baden-Wuerttemberg

, after the lockdown has been relaxed, after a vaccination practice that has hopefully been well established to date.

Bouffier summarizes the CDU strategy: "In the end it decides: with whom we will have the greatest success!"

Anne Will

dares one last attempt in the direction of Söder: “Is

Jens Spahn

out of the running now?” But Söder does not fall for it: “Spahn is a successful Minister of Health who still has a lot of work to do.

But the CDU has now clarified: Number 1 is

Armin Laschet

! "

Lindner sees the non-election of Merz in "Anne Will" as a CDU rejection of economic renewal

FDP

boss Christian Lindner

sums up: Laschet is a middle-class candidate with a clear European orientation.

He

sees the

non-election of

Merz

as a directional signal that the economic recovery and the market economy renewal for the CDU are not right at the front.

Habeck

criticizes that he still lacks a specific directional decision: What is the CDU's position on climate protection and digitization?

Bouffier makes it clear: Laschet's strength is to hold the party together.

He is also able to give others space.

There will first be a joint program between the

CDU

and

CSU

and then the question will be discussed: Who fits the program, who has the best qualities?

Dispute over the introduction of the home office obligation for employers

And then, regardless of the talk topic,

Corona

comes back

to the table.

And the proof that even the importance of an office does not prevent getting bogged down in detailed questions.

This time on the spontaneous talk agenda: The views on

FFP2 masks

in local public transport (Habeck: "Only enforceable if they are made affordable for everyone!").

Curfews (Lindner: "If no one is allowed on the street in Plön, where there are hardly any infected people, that amounts to house arrest!").

SPD

and

greens

are for more home offices,

Habeck is

even calling for a federal law.

Söder

rejects this and instead suggests tax incentives without being specific.

In this context,

Lindner

brings the rejection of trade unions and the burden on families with regard to home office into play.

On the ground, however, it seems implausible, as commented on Twitter: "How touching that Mr. Lindner suddenly takes care of the burden on mothers during homeschooling," writes a user, among others.

Bouffier in particular gets lost in lengthy explanations of policy-making and receives

the counterattack

from

Anne Will

: "I am surprised at the calm with which you talk in view of the death toll!" "Prudence," corrects Bouffier.

In view of the many circumstances to be taken into account, this is essential.

On the other hand, Bouffier's announcement that a panel of experts, including representatives from Great Britain, will meet on the latest findings about the corona mutations will cause slight unrest.

Bouffier: “What help can science provide?

Then we consult with the federal and state governments and then you have to see what works in practice. ”“ We haven't sequenced enough in the last few months so that we don't know exactly how the mutation is developing in our country, ”Esken criticizes the coalition partner.

Conclusion of the show "Anne Will"

The election campaign is on: In the talk about the

super election year 2021

, the party chairman and deputy Bouffier face a direct comparison.

The group appeared homogeneous except for small details.

Because of the sometimes escalating corona discussion, there is no room for the big issues.

This would also settle the K question for the time being: The pandemic currently seems to be blocking the view of alternative questions.

(Bernd Pipo)

Source: merkur

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