After his election as CDU chairman, Armin Laschet wants to lead the Union united in the upcoming Bundestagswalkampf.
It is about the "direction of the republic".
Armin Laschet was confirmed as the new CDU party leader by postal vote.
The 59-year-old is leading the CDU through the super election year 2021.
With a view to the federal election, Laschet wants to prevent red-red-green in particular (update from January 23, 4:50 p.m.).
Update from January 23, 4:50 p.m.:
The new
CDU party chairman Armin Laschet
showed
himself to be
a fan of his former competitor
Friedrich Merz
in his speech at the digital party conference of the
CDU
Baden-Württemberg
.
“I'm also a Friedrich Merz fan.
That's why I want him to be there.
We need Friedrich Merz, “said the 59-year-old with a view to the future of his party.
Laschet also
emphasized, however, that the question of power within the
CDU had
now been clarified
through his election as
chairman
.
Friedrich Merz
, who
has many supporters
especially within the
CDU
Baden-Württemberg, caused a sensation last week when he
offered
to take over
the
Ministry of Economics
after his electoral defeat against
Armin Laschet
.
Armin Laschet wants to prevent red-red-green - it's "about the well-being in Germany"
With a view to the upcoming
federal election
in the autumn
,
Laschet
wants
to make
a united
CDU
the election winner and is aiming for a result well over 30 percent.
In the polls, the Union is currently at "35 percent plus x" said 59-year-olds.
Now it is above all important "that we keep the
voters of
the middle with us".
A good result in the
Bundestag election
is all the more important because it is essential to
avoid
an impending
coalition
of the
SPD
, the
Left
and the
Greens
.
"I'm sure: when red-red-green have a majority, they will do it,"
Laschet
predicts
.
"But you have to rule out such an alliance when it comes to the welfare of Germany." In the upcoming election, the party chairman said, "the direction of the republic."
Armin Laschet officially new CDU chairman: landmark speech on Saturday?
Söder presents
Update from January 23, 11.35 a.m.:
Bavaria's Prime Minister
Markus Söder
has encouraged the Baden-Württemberg CDU for the upcoming election campaign.
Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) is a popular Prime Minister, said Söder on Saturday in a video message to the digital party conference of the Southwest CDU.
But he added: “Bayern Munich can also lose if you choose the right tactics and strategy.” The top candidate from Baden-Württemberg is
Susanne Eisenmann
.
With the new
CDU boss Armin Laschet, he
works “great together”, so Söder.
“But it is also clear: Without the south, little is possible in Germany.” The south is Germany's economic and technological engine.
He can do well with Kretschmann, but: “Everything has its time.
And maybe there is a new time. "
CDU boss Armin Laschet is happy about the backing - two CDU party conferences on Saturday
Update from January 23rd, 11.30 am:
The new
CDU leader Amin Laschet described
the postal voting results after the digital party congress
as “great support”
.
At a program party conference of the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU, the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister said on Saturday that the approval of 83 percent was "very remarkable".
Update from January 23, 9:15 a.m.:
The CDU is heading for the upcoming
state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate
on March 14.
At the same time, the two state associations want to decide on their election program at digital party congresses on Saturday - under the leadership of the
new CDU leader Armin Laschet
.
He is expected personally in Stuttgart and will give a speech.
Precisely where
Friedrich Merz had a
particularly large number of fans.
In the Stuttgart Wagenhalle, which records over 2000 people, only 50 people will be present.
Everyone has to undergo a rapid corona test before entering.
“Many party friends in Baden-Württemberg supported me, otherwise the election result would not have been possible.
Susanne Eisenmann
, the very committed top candidate of the Baden-Württemberg CDU, pointed out that we can learn a lot from our
state election campaign in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2017.
", Laschet told the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
.
The delegates of the two federal states hope that the federal CDU will provide a tailwind for the upcoming elections.
“Laschet brings people together.
He will succeed in addressing those who did not vote for him, ”said the head of the state of Baden-Württemberg and CDU vice-president Thomas Strobl.
Armin Laschet confirmed as the new CDU chairman: Postal voting of the delegates after the online party conference
First report from January 22nd, 8:20 p.m .:
Berlin -
Armin Laschet
, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, is now officially the new
CDU chairman
.
The delegates have confirmed his choice, after a
digital dial
on the
online congress
of the
CDU
already was able to win last Saturday.
On Friday the
CDU
announced that
Laschet
had received 796 of 980 valid
votes cast
.
According to the
CDU
, this results in an approval of 83.35 percent.
1001
delegates
were entitled to vote.
The two defeated candidates from the
party congress
- ex-Union parliamentary group leader
Friedrich Merz
and foreign politician
Norbert Röttgen
- were no longer up for voting in the postal vote.
Lash
said after the announcement of the result that it shows that many of those who voted for
Merz
and
Röttgen
in the online vote
, “are now behind the new
chairman
”.
Participation in the
postal vote
and its result “are a signal of the unity of the Union”.
Armin Laschet
* won the runoff election against
Merz
at the
online party congress
with 521 to 466 votes after
Health Minister
and team partner Jens Spahn used the question and answer
session
to advertise
Laschet
.
Laschet
got 52.6 percent of the votes cast including abstentions.
Merz
achieved 47.0 percent.
In order to make the “digital preselection” legally secure, postal voting followed.
Laschet
,
Merz
and
Röttgen
had assured in advance that they wanted to accept the result of the online vote.
In the
CDU, it
was expected that
Laschet's
result in the postal vote would be better than at the party congress.
It will probably be important for a number of delegates to send the new chairman into the super election year with a good election result, was the rationale.
Merz
* had called on the
CDU members
last Monday to support the new chairman.
“I ask all delegates to take part in the final written vote and to give our new chairman
Armin
Laschet a strong vote.
And then we go to work together, ”he wrote in a letter.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
