The Union must win the Bundestag election not only against the Greens, but also against its own candidate for Chancellor - that is the impression given by a broadcast among the CSU leaders from the Ebersberg district.
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- The Union will have to focus “on the programmatic”, says the Ms. Neuhartingen member of the Bundestag, Andreas Lenz.
And bravely adds: "The party does not only consist of the chancellor candidate." Lenz describes the fact that his name is now Armin Laschet as a decision by the "apparatchiks" in the federal executive committee that was not made representative of the party base.
Andreas Lenz, CSU member of the Bundestag: Söder would have been better
"Söder would have been the better candidate for chancellor," says the MP.
"There is damage," he comments on the now decided power struggle, which has been accompanied by a "turbulent process" in the Berlin parliamentary group.
There Lenz wants to have a majority for the applicant from Bavaria.
Incidentally, Markus Söder was not responsible for all the hustle and bustle, who presented himself as an alternative and advertised himself “with transparency and decency”.
Lenz is now hoping for a committed election campaign and says: "We will find the strength."
JU district chairman Philipp Trepte: Will disregards the basis
The JU district chairman Philipp Trepte from the Vaterstetten local association also tries to exude this impression.
The Junge Union wants to win the Bundestag candidate Lenz a strong mandate for the next legislative period, which is ample motivation for the election campaign.
When asked, the 23-year-old also said something positive about Laschet: He brought with him government experience for the current stormy times - it was important to reconcile economic and environmental policy.
When deciding in favor of the CDU man from North Rhine-Westphalia, however, the federal executive board disregarded the will of the grassroots - "expressly nationwide," says Trepte.
Kathrin Alte, Mayor of Anzing: We are campaigning for Lenz
Kathrin Alte, mayor of Anzing, who is also on the district board of the Upper Bavaria CSU, hits the same line.
"I think that's a shame," she says about the prevented Söder candidacy.
They are annoyed that there is no set procedure for determining a candidate for chancellor.
With more lead time, Alte would have preferred to do a member survey, and the second favorite solution would have been a conference of district chairmen.
"The offer from Bavaria was there," says the Anzinger CSU chairwoman and adds: "We are campaigning for Andreas Lenz."
District Administrator Robert Niedergesäß: It's not just about people
Apparently nobody in the Ebersberg district counts on Laschet's charisma.
“It's not just about people,” says District Administrator Robert Niedergesäß, who “despite individual differences in content” expresses disappointment with Markus Söder about his forced withdrawal.
The nationwide basis was thus ignored.
Motivation to campaign for Armin Laschet: "On a day like today, honestly none," said Niedergesäß.
Now it is necessary to ensure “that the smoke clears” so that this week of April, in which the decision-making process “was not staged happily”, does not continue to have an effect until election day in September.
Thomas Huber, CSU member of the state parliament: We have a difficult election campaign ahead of us
"We have a difficult election campaign ahead of us," said Thomas Huber, member of the Grafingen state parliament, who is also CSU district chairman. Laschet is not his preferred candidate. "But it doesn't help." Once before, in the recent European elections, Manfred Weber, the "candidate of the heart" from the ranks of the CSU, had failed. "The offer from Bavaria was not accepted by the CDU officials," said Huber of the Laschet decision, adding: "We don't want to follow suit." Such a dispute is normal in a democracy and Markus Söder is not gone either . Huber calls on one party: "Put on your helmet, buckle up and go into battle!"
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