The power poker is over - and Armin Laschet is the Union's candidate for chancellor.
What does the CSU base say about it - which now had nothing to mess with?
District
- Anger dominates the
Freising CSU
: "We would have been very happy if we had been heard in any way," says local chairman Jürgen Miekes.
One was in the local association standing behind Markus Söder.
Now the child has fallen into the well: "Laschet is the perfect candidate", says Mieskes, "if you want to let the Greens go first".
It is a mistake to send a candidate with such poor poll numbers into the race - and Laschet's sticking to the candidacy against the background of his poor numbers is an “ego trip”.
He could not understand the criticism of Söder: Anyone who received such overwhelming approval from the population had to follow this call.
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Jürgen Mieskes: Laschet is the perfect candidate if you want to let the Greens go first.
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Hubert Hierl: "Söder would have been a strong chancellor"
“Söder would have been the better man”, CSU veteran Hubert Hierl is sure: “He would have been a strong chancellor with a strong cabinet.
But Laschet? "He is" always in the cozy corner ".
Nevertheless, you will win the election: "When it comes down to it, people know what it is about, given the problems that lie ahead of us." And the Green candidate Annalena Baerbock was also a wrong choice: "If I introduce myself I have great difficulties with how to represent Germany on the international stage, ”says Hierl.
Deputy mayor Anita Meinelt
is above all happy that the power struggle is over: “It was very harmful.
That took far too long - and it only made our political opponents happy. ”The former mayor of Moosburg doubts whether a basic decision would have brought much.
Söder - also her hot favorite - is extremely far ahead in Bavaria, Laschet in Berlin.
Even a basic decision does not change that.
Meinelt: “The CSU - that's Bavaria.
But that's not Germany.
And this time it's about Germany.
We have to give our country a perspective in these difficult times.
Markus Söder would have been a great candidate.
But now it's Armin Laschet.
And I will support him as well. "
Niedermair: Fighting is part of the political business
“I would have liked it better if the base had been asked. Now only a few people have decided, ”comments
Sepp Niedermair
(CSU). "The polls, the votes from some state associations, the local and district associations express the fact that the grassroots and large parts of the population tend to Söder." Because he did a good job and proved his backbone in the pandemic with his decisions, thinks the new Mayor of Hallbergmoos. It was to be expected from Niedermair's point of view that it would be difficult to find a majority for Söder on the CDU board for the little sister CSU. Did the public wrestling harm the CDU / CSU? "No, I do not think so. It is part of political business to call out things - in Bavarian speaking. However, it was unfortunate that it was carried to the outside world. ”Has the Union already lost ground in the race for chancellorship? “Not at all,” believes Niedermair.“The Bundestag election will not only decide on the K question. Voters will vote for the party that best represents their interests. It's about content and its implementation. "As a former wrestler, bowler and sports official, Niedermair sees it as sporty:" A fight is only won and lost when the referee blows the whistle. "
Anita Meinelt is happy that the power struggle is over
Manuel Mück
, the leader of the CSU parliamentary group in the district assembly and 2nd mayor in Allershausen, says that one must accept the decision of “the bigger sister”, show unity and campaign together.
In order to win the election for the Union, “Laschet as a person must now be convincing”.
Mück does not believe that the dispute between the CDU and CSU, between Laschet and Söder, could damage the Union.
At least for Markus Söder it won't hurt.
Admittedly: Mück would have liked the decision on the K question to have "gone more quietly".
The CSU chairman from Zolling,
Maximilian Falkner
,
also sees it like
this: “The Greens have solved the question a little more elegantly.” In principle, Falkner thinks it is good that the Union had two candidates - but what always bothered him a bit was them It was unclear who or which body would finally decide on the K question.
Whether all this has now gone to the detriment of the Union cannot be said until September 26, the day of the federal election.
It is now important to show unity in the election campaign.
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