Who does it
If the CDU has its way, Armin Laschet.
The CSU wants its party leader Markus Söder as a candidate for chancellor.
A power struggle is raging in the Union.
CSU boss Markus Söder and CDU party boss Armin Laschet *
squint at Merkel's successor.
The CDU presidium is in favor of Laschet as candidate for chancellor (
see update from April 12, 11.43 a.m.
).
The CSU presidium still advocates Söder (
see update from April 12, 4:55 p.m.
).
In new surveys, Söder is now even overtaking Merkel (see update from April 12, 9:40 p.m.).
Meanwhile, a Laschet minister is shooting openly against the CSU boss on TV (see update from April 12, 10:15 p.m.).
This
news ticker on the K question in the Union
is updated regularly.
Update from April 12, 10:15 p.m.:
Sharp criticism from the North Rhine-Westphalian CDU camp of Markus Söder (CSU).
North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul from the Düsseldorf cabinet Armin Laschet cannot understand why Söder is not withdrawing his candidacy for chancellor after the CDU presidium voted for her party leader.
"It surprised me.
I don't like that.
I also do not know what that is about, "said Reul very clearly in the program" hard but fair "on ARD.
In front of a live audience, the 68-year-old spoke out in favor of his Prime Minister Laschet as the Union's candidate for chancellor.
K question in the Union: CDU and CSU are fighting for candidate for chancellor
Update from April 12th, 9:40 pm:
Armin Laschet or Markus Söder - that is the K question.
These days, the two sister parties want to decide and tie down whether the CDU chairman or the CSU boss will lead the Union into the federal election campaign.
K question in the Union: Surveys speak clearly for Markus Söder - not for Armin Laschet
The latest surveys speak clearly in favor of the Bavarian Prime Minister with Franconian roots who currently work in Munich.
Nevertheless, the CDU presidium spoke out in favor of Laschet this Monday.
In an interview with
Bild.de,
Söder said
with a view to the CDU vote: "Apparently nobody took the polls too seriously."
A look at the polls shows at least: Markus Söder is apparently miles ahead of Armin Laschet in favor of the voters.
A survey published on Monday by the Yougov Institute on behalf of the Düsseldorfer
Handelsblatt
showed that only twelve percent of German citizens would like the 60-year-old Laschet to be the Union's candidate for chancellor.
Accordingly, 46 percent of those surveyed decided on 54-year-old Söder.
29 percent of those questioned wanted another candidate, 13 percent did not want to comment.
K question in the Union: Markus Söder or Armin Laschet?
Chancellor candidacy polarized in the Union
The
picture
, however, writes of a survey by the opinion research institute INSA.
In this, 2171 people were asked: "To what extent do the following politicians represent your interests?"
In first place, Söder was ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
Laschet only came in twelfth among the top politicians of the various parties.
For example, behind the two possible candidates for Chancellor of the Greens, Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck.
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Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia: Armin Laschet from the CDU.
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Chancellor candidacy of the Union: CSU leader Markus Söder does not want to drop his ambitions
Update from April 12, 5.10 p.m.:
Markus Söder does not want to give up his chancellor ambitions for the time being - the CSU boss has now made this clear in person at a press conference in Munich.
Söder referred to survey values in the population and the need to listen to the mood "across the board" of the Union parties.
In view of a difficult phase for the Union, one must also give oneself the time to weigh up the content.
The struggle for the Union's candidacy for chancellor is therefore not over yet - contrary to what was suspected at noon.
For the time being, a few questions remain unanswered.
CSU General Secretary Markus Blume pointed out that "bilateral talks" between Söder and Laschet were not enough to make the decision.
The Christian Socials are apparently thinking of a candidate election by the end of the week.
A concrete procedure does not seem to have been established.
Söder also rejected a member survey, referring to the dwindling time.
At 7 p.m., Bavaria’s Prime Minister speaks again on Bavarian Broadcasting.
In view of Söder's newly declared course, some attention could be drawn to statements and demands of the CDU base in the next few days.
On Monday, despite the decision of the CDU presidium, it continued to occasionally raise the mood for Söder (see update from 3:45 p.m.).
Further faults seem possible.
“Söder continues to trick.
He wants to incite the CDU regional associations! ”, Judged the long-time ARD journalist Ulrich Deppendorf in a tweet early on Monday evening.
Update from April 12, 4:55 p.m.:
According to CSU General Secretary Markus Blume, the party
presidium of the Christian Socials
unanimously voted in favor of Markus Söder as the Union's candidate for chancellor.
He is the best candidate.
There is now a recommendation from the CDU top for Armin Laschet, a recommendation from the CSU for Söder - and there is a "clear majority opinion" in the German population, said Blume on Monday after a switch from the CSU presidium in Munich.
However, it is not about a quick decision, said Blume.
One is now at the beginning of the deliberations, which are to be conducted "openly".
A member survey, as demanded by the state parliamentary group leader Thomas Kreuzer, was “not the position of the CSU presidium”.
Union continues in the midst of difficult Chancellor question: Laschet's pressure angered CSU - "it doesn't work that way"
Update from April 12, 4:27 p.m.:
The CDU's desire for a quick Chancellor decision meets with resistance from the CSU - and apparently also with displeasure.
He did not want a "rush-hour procedure", said Söder after information from
Münchner Merkur in
the afternoon in the presidium meeting of the Christian Socials.
Party vice Dorothee Bär apparently also criticized the sister party.
"The CDU presidium says 'Hugh, I spoke' - it doesn't work that way," she was quoted by participants as saying.
At 4.30 p.m., the party wanted to go public with information about its decisions at a press conference - but without Söder.
General Secretary Markus Blume should first inform - Söder only expresses himself in a special broadcast on Bavarian radio in the evening.
We accompany the PK in a live ticker.
However, the date seems to be delayed.
Chaos in the Chancellor's fight: Söder torpedoed Laschet's wish
Update from April 12th, 3:50 p.m .:
“The facts are on the table,” said Armin Laschet, newly confirmed by the CSU Presidium, at noon - a decision on a candidate for a chancellor must now be made quickly in view of the Corona crisis.
But competitor Markus Söder apparently sees it differently: He doesn't want to make a decision until the end of the week.
It is not yet the day of the decision, rather one will sit down at the end of the week, said Söder on Monday according to participants in a switch of the CDU presidium.
In addition, he will ask that not only two people sit down, but that other representatives of both parties are present.
With this, too, the CSU boss tended to contradict Laschet, who had repeatedly emphasized in his press conference at noon that he would discuss the decision with Söder.
Meanwhile, the CSU Presidium rejected a decision on an even broader basis, according to information from the
image
.
The CSU parliamentary group had called for a member survey.
However, the management committee “cleared” this request.
Chancellor fight over already?
Söder makes a meaningful decision
Update from April 12, 3:45 p.m.:
Actually, everything indicates that the Union's decision to become a candidate for Chancellor was in favor of Armin Laschet - but the designated Merkel heir must continue to live with ricochets from their own ranks.
On Monday, after the Berlin CDU, the state association of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also spoke up with a vote for Markus Söder.
“For us, the main question is who is most likely to win the Bundestag election.
This is the one who has the greatest support from the electorate.
And according to surveys, this is currently Markus Söder, ”said CDU State Secretary General Wolfgang Waldmüller on Monday in Schwerin.
That the CDU presidium voted in favor of Laschet as the Union's candidate for chancellor and thus backed the party leader was not unusual.
Now it is up to Laschet and CSU boss Söder to come to an agreement as quickly as possible.
The CSU also continued to drum for Söder.
"Markus Söder has what it takes to be Chancellor and enjoys a lot of trust in the population," said party vice Manfred Weber of the
Augsburger Allgemeine
.
Söder himself caused a surprise on Monday afternoon: Unlike Laschet after the CDU meetings, Söder does not want to participate in the press conference himself after the - already ongoing - CSU switch, as a CSU spokesman announced.
This will be done by General Secretary Markus Blume.
On the other hand, Söder would appear in a broadcast on Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in the evening, it said.
The BR has added a half-hour special for 7 p.m. to its program.
Söder's ambitions for chancellor before the end?
The preliminary decision has probably been made - Laschet is now putting the pressure on the CSU
Update from April 12th, 2.40 p.m.:
The press conference with Armin Laschet is over.
The audience witnessed a cautious but clear political staging: Laschet avoided calling out to the candidate with the positive CDU vote in his back or demanding a clear time horizon for the Chancellor's decision.
However, the CDU boss immediately spread his election agenda in a comparatively emotional speech - and, with reference to the sensitive corona situation, put pressure in the direction of a quick candidate freestyle.
Laschet demonstratively left the position of the CSU on the K question to the sister party in Munich, and at the same time ruled out a decision in the Union parliamentary group.
In view of Söder's declaration that he only wants to go into the Bundestag election campaign with the support of the CDU as a candidate for chancellor, the CSU boss has little room for maneuver in the afternoon - but it will still be up to Söder to personally clear the way for Laschet.
In view of the pressure also from the opposition to politically dedicate itself to the fight against corona, a decision on Monday or Tuesday seems quite possible.
Chancellor question: Laschet puts pressure - but shies away from making clear demands on Söder
Update from April 12, 2:32 p.m.:
Once again, Laschet is faced with an urgent question about the candidacy for chancellor.
When asked whether he now expects Söder to clear the way for the candidate Laschet in view of the clear vote of the CDU, the CDU chief does not want to lean out the window: “I am not expecting anything.
We have done our job, we have found our positions, ”he explains.
When asked, Laschet also explains that he does not expect a decision this Monday.
“It doesn't have to be today, we shouldn't speculate about time periods,” he says.
"It should just be very soon."
Update from April 12, 2:25 p.m.:
When asked what would happen if the CSU Presidium spoke out in favor of Markus Söder as candidate for chancellor, Laschet remained vague: Markus Söder had already expressed his expectations for the course of the meetings on Sunday.
"Everything else will be decided by the CSU Presidium on its own."
The Union parliamentary group and the federal cabinet on Tuesday had "very important questions to discuss," explains Laschet with a view to the Corona reform of the Infection Protection Act - he will not be involved.
It resonates: The Chancellor's decision should not be made by the parliamentary group.
Laschet explains Chancellor action of the Union - and comments on survey flops: "decision of principle"
Update from April 12th, 2:20 pm:
"That was not a preliminary decision today, it was a
picture of the
opinion," emphasized Laschet
when asked
.
The next steps will be discussed with Markus Söder and the CSU.
Of course, survey results were also discussed in the CDU's debates on the candidate for chancellor, admits Laschet.
But it is about a "fundamental decision by the CDU and CSU".
Survey values could change quickly, everyone agreed on that.
"You have to make politics from a basic understanding that does not look at surveys," emphasizes the CDU boss.
Laschet-PK: CDU boss wants to talk to Söder “very soon” today - decision at the beginning of this week?
Update from April 12, 2:18 p.m.:
As discussed with CSU boss Markus Söder, an opinion was obtained from the CDU presidium.
Laschet says he will be looking for a conversation with Söder “very soon” today.
“One thing was evident in our committees today: Everyone wants a quick decision.
All the facts are on the table. ”The decisions to be made this week are so big that one can no longer deal with internal party issues, explains Laschet.
The CDU boss wants a quick candidate selection - possibly within the next hours or days.
Update from April 12th, 2:16 pm:
"My understanding of my candidacy is a European one," emphasizes Laschet.
All of Europe is looking at how Germany is positioning itself.
Anyone who wants to leave the EU - like the AfD - is damaging German interests.
"This European commitment is what I want to get involved with in the coming weeks."
Union and the chancellor question: Laschet is “happy” about CDU support - and starts election campaign speech
Update from April 12th, 2:14 pm:
"I was very happy about the great support in the presidium and in the federal board," says Laschet.
In a remarkable way, the CDU leader goes straight to his election campaign topics: What is important to him is a “modern Germany”, but also bring together climate protection and the needs of Germany as an industrial location.
Another concern for him is a colorful Germany - Laschet speaks of an “immigration society” and a “social Germany”.
The advancement through education remains the great promise of prosperity.
Update from April 12, 2:12 p.m.:
Laschet begins his remarks, however, with reference to the planned Corona Emergency Brakes Act - it must now be acted quickly.
The CDU leader appeals to the SPD to allow approval in the Federal Council.
In the morning, the opposition, but also the SPD, reprimanded the Union's preoccupation with the chancellor's question in the midst of the worsening corona crisis.
CDU-PK with Laschet starts - Ziemiak: "broad support for Laschet as candidate for chancellor"
Update from April 12, 2:08 p.m.:
The CDU press conference with Armin Laschet starts with a delay of more than half an hour.
"We have two applicants for the candidacy for Chancellor with Armin Laschet and with Markus Söder", General Secretary Paul Ziemiak introduces the group - he speaks of a "good day for the Union".
The relationship between the sister parties has not been as good "as it is today" for a long time.
There were more than 40 requests to speak in the committees, reports Ziemiak.
The vote was clear: "There is broad support for Armin Laschet as candidate for chancellor from the CDU and CSU." The CDU general refers to Laschet's qualities in a rather subtle way: What is needed is a clear set of values and the ability to bring positions together.
There are “many good arguments for campaigning with Armin Laschet”.
A final vote has not yet been given.
Ziemiak speaks of an opinion that Laschet should use to talk to Söder.
Union: Are you lazy on the way to the candidacy for chancellor?
Voices leaked from the CDU executive committee - Merkel reacts
Update from April 12, 1.30 p.m.:
After the CDU presidium, there was also broad support in the larger party executive for a candidate for chancellor from party leader Armin Laschet.
That was evident from the requests to speak in the discussion, reported the dpa, citing participants in the round.
Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble, for example, has attested to Laschet that he has everything with him to face the challenges of being a candidate for chancellor.
The Lower Saxony CDU boss Bernd Althusmann also spoke out in favor of Laschet after this information.
Laschet has a clear stance and a solid set of values - this is now important.
Apparently, the party executive also asked Chancellor Merkel to assess the situation.
Merkel said she had "taken the mood with her," the picture claims to have learned from the group.
In these minutes Laschet actually wanted to appear in front of the press in Berlin.
The eagerly awaited press conference has not yet started.
Chancellor's favorite lags?
Green is tough with Söder in court - "But that was a short candidacy for chancellor"
Update from April 12th, 1 p.m.:
The CDU Presidium has stood behind Armin Laschet on the Chancellor question.
A final vote was not yet associated with this opinion - but the Greens in particular take the tendency as an occasion for bitter criticism of Markus Söder and the CSU.
“Then yesterday that was just a profiling number from Markus Söder at the expense of the entire store.
What kind of people! ”Tweeted the member of the Bundestag Konstantin von Notz at noon.
"That was probably the number that #CSU and # Söder are extremely important," agreed former Federal Minister Renate Künast in a reply to the post: "Totally crazy for a nationwide 5% party." ne short candidacy for chancellor from Master Söder, ”scoffed the Bavarian Green Party Member Dieter Janecek in the short message service.
According to the survey, the Greens are the Union's main competitor for the Chancellery.
The CSU meanwhile rallied further demonstratively behind Söder.
“He would be an excellent candidate for #chancellor.
With him, the Union would have the best chances to remain the strongest force in Germany & to provide the next Chancellor, ”tweeted the President of the State Parliament and CSU Upper Bavaria District Chairman Ilse Aigner - albeit in the subjunctive.
More "cool calculation" than a courageous and risky reach for the chancellorship had already
suspected
the
Munich Merkur
* in a comment behind Söder's willingness to run for office *.
Laschet or Söder?
CDU size Bosbach gives his prognosis: "Anything else would be dismantling"
Update from April 12, 12.35 p.m.:
After this Monday morning, what are the chances of Armin Laschet and Markus Söder of the Union candidate for chancellor?
The long-standing CDU leader Wolfgang Bosbach sees this question in an interview with
Merkur.de
* not yet finally clarified.
However, he locates the advantages on Laschet's side: "If Laschet wants to be a candidate for chancellor, then he will be," emphasized Bosbach.
The former parliamentary deputy did not expect any surprises this Monday: “Laschet will receive broad support for his application both in the presidium and in the federal executive committee of the CDU.
Anything else would be dismantling its own chairman, who was only elected a few months ago. ”At the same time, the CSU will not want a trial of strength with the CDU.
Bosbach now expects an agreement between the two union heads: "I don't believe in a decision in the joint parliamentary group, in the end Laschet and Söder will make it up among themselves."
Update from April 12th, 12 noon:
Armin Laschet has taken a first hurdle on the way to the candidacy for chancellor: The CDU presidium has supported its party leader "without exception", said Hesse's head of state Volker Bouffier after the meeting.
However, there is still a certain scope for interpretation.
There was no official vote for Laschet in the Chancellor's wrestling with CSU leader Markus Söder in the morning.
Apparently, the Berlin CDU politician Monika Grütters also stood behind Laschet - although her regional association had previously spoken out in favor of Söder (see update from 10 a.m.).
The idea of the CDU top is to come up with a joint solution with the CSU within a week, explained Bouffier.
The Presidium made it clear that Laschet thought it was exceptionally suitable "and asked him to now discuss the further way in which we can do it with Markus Söder".
However, the committee marathon of the Union parties does not end there.
The - somewhat larger - CDU executive committee still meets at lunchtime, followed by the CSU presidium in the afternoon.
Both Laschet and Söder want to appear in front of the press on Monday.
Laschet at 1.30 p.m., Söder at 4.30 p.m.
Söder or Laschet?
CDU Presidium has spoken
Update from April 12, 11:43 a.m.:
The CDU presidium has apparently spoken - and a large majority supported a candidate for chancellor by party leader Armin Laschet.
This was confirmed by the Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier on Monday after the meeting of the Presidium in Berlin.
But no decision was made - this was also not planned.
Laschet collects the next tip - of all things NRW local association speaks out in favor of Chancellor candidate Söder
Update from April 12, 11.40 a.m.:
As the first CDU local association in North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf-Lierenfeld has publicly spoken out in favor of Markus Söder (CSU) as the Union's candidate for chancellor.
"Söder has charisma," said the local association chairman Christian Rütz of the dpa in Düsseldorf.
“The population trusts him to cope with the crisis,” said the lawyer, who is also a CDU councilor in the state capital.
Therefore, the vote of the board in the small 30-member CDU local association in the Düsseldorf working-class district Lierenfeld was unanimous for the Bavarian Prime Minister.
"As a local association at the grassroots in North Rhine-Westphalia, we want a top candidate who enjoys good approval ratings from the population through stringent action and who gives the Union a strong starting position in the federal elections," says a press release from the small party cell.
“That is why the Presidium should propose Markus Söder as a joint candidate for chancellor of the CDU and CSU for Germany.” But that is not a vote of no confidence in the CDU party leader Armin Laschet, who is also applying for the candidacy for chancellor.
Söder or Laschet: meeting before CDU meeting and chancellor candidate question leaked - top politicians cautious
Update from April 12, 10.30 a.m.:
Söder or Laschet?
This question will move the Union on Monday.
In Berlin they have been meeting non-stop for around 24 hours: Apparently, Armin Laschet summoned several CDU top politicians to a meeting of the inner circle that night - according to information from Bild, health minister and “tandem” partner Jens were among them Spahn and the Prime Ministers Michael Kretschmer, Reiner Haseloff and Daniel Günther.
In the morning, the CDU presidium met in attendance for its meeting - submitting daily negative corona tests, as the party said.
In a
picture
talk on Sunday evening, Laschet was very confident: he had "not yet heard" that someone in the CDU presidium favored Söder, said the party leader.
In fact, in the morning with a vote by the Berlin CDU for Söder, the news came of a first setback - the capital city CDU is represented on the Presidium with Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters.
Initially, the CDU made rather cautious statements.
“Both candidates have my trust,” said Union parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus in the ARD “Morgenmagazin”.
It is now important "that we find a solution that can be supported by large parts of the Union," said Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier (CDU) on the n-tv channel.
Söder or Laschet?
Chancellor bang in the morning - First CDU regional association for Söder
Update from April 12, 10:00 a.m .:
The CDU Presidium is already meeting on the Chancellor question - Armin Laschet will have to accept at least one damper: The Berlin CDU is behind CSU leader Markus Söder as the Union's candidate for chancellor.
The presidium of the capital city CDU unanimously voted for a candidacy for the Bavarian Prime Minister, said the CDU state chairman Kai Wegner on Monday.
"Markus Söder is the hands-on, successful crisis manager who can lead Germany out of the pandemic and make the country fit for the future," explained Wegner.
With Armin Laschet and Söder, the Union has two strong Prime Ministers as chairmen of the CDU and CSU, who both have what it takes to be Federal Chancellor, Wegner said, but also said: “We are convinced that people even more trust Markus Söder to do Germany well to lead."
Union: K question - Söder and Laschet reach for the Chancellery, decision on Monday?
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Armin Laschet and Markus Söder (right) after the Union parliamentary meeting on Sunday.
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First report from April 12th:
Berlin - The pressure has recently been increasing.
Is Armin Laschet reaching out to the Chancellery as the head of the CDU - and thus an obvious candidate for the Union?
Or is it the chairman of the smaller sister party, Markus Söder, who recently duped everyone in polls *?
Both want, that has been clear since the Union summit in Berlin on Sunday.
For the first time, the CSU boss publicly announced that he was throwing his hat into the ring.
And his place might not be in Bavaria forever after all.
And Laschet?
Despite bad poll numbers, he wants to go to Berlin.
Listening to the preferences of both parties has already started.
The first tendencies can be seen.
After the closed meeting of the parliamentary leaders of the Union, Söder and Laschet declared that they would apply to succeed Merkel.
Both are suitable, both are ready, said Söder at the subsequent press conference.
It is the starting shot of an open competition between CDU boss Laschet and CSU boss Söder.
That would only be the third CSU candidate for chancellor who would dare to rule outside of Bavaria.
Neither Franz Josef Strauss nor Edmund Stoiber made the jump.
Chancellor candidate of the Union: ready to run as chancellor candidate - support also from CDU
The scales on the K question had recently tilted towards Markus Söder.
The call by more than 60 CDU MPs that the decision on the candidate for chancellor should be “discussed in a parliamentary group meeting and, if in doubt, also decided there” is seen as an attempted contribution to strengthening the CSU candidate.
On Monday, April 12, the presidia of the CDU and CSU * will be discussed separately from one another.
The CDU from 9 a.m. in the morning - followed by a board meeting - the CSU in the evening.
It should be about the competing chancellery claims of their respective chairmen.
Laschet already said that he wanted to advertise trust in his candidacy in front of the closest leadership circle of the CDU *.
He left it open whether he would like to have this trust expressed in the form of a resolution.
Merkel's successor: Presidia of the CDU and CSU deliberate separately on the K-issue of the Union
CDU Federal Vice-President Thomas Strobl assumes that the bodies of his party will actually come to a vote on the Union's candidacy for chancellor on Monday.
"The Presidium and the Federal Board are now the right place to discuss and decide the position of the CDU on the candidacy for chancellor," he told
Stuttgarter Zeitung
and
Stuttgarter Nachrichten
.
Söder, in turn, pointed out on Sunday evening that he had “actually” agreed in a conversation with Laschet that “there will be no decision-making now”.
Despite the pandemic, the meeting of the CDU Presidium takes place in presence.
Laschet justified this with the fact that the party was currently in a "decisive phase" because of the course set in the candidate question.
(aka / AFP) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
Showdown in the Union: Markus Söder will have a possible waiver of the candidacy for chancellor buy off dearly, comments Christian Deutschländer *.
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