The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Merkel and Söder let Laschet hang - in the end Merz could become the strong man

2021-04-28T00:47:57.484Z


Change mood in Germany. The Chancellor does not lift a finger for her follower Armin Laschet, Söder continues to tease in interviews. And Friedrich Merz's help has a price. Comment from Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis.


Change mood in Germany.

The Chancellor does not lift a finger for her follower Armin Laschet, Söder continues to tease in interviews.

And Friedrich Merz's help has a price.

Comment from Merkur editor-in-chief Georg Anastasiadis.

A green chancellor for Germany?

This is no longer a nightmare for more and more German citizens.

What seemed unimaginable to many until now, however, is the longing for death that is taking hold of the Union more and more every day.

The next weekend, the next interview, in which one of the Union leaders states what he thinks of the other.

Namely nothing.

Laschet cannot count on Söder's support - he only has one trump card

The signal is clear: Armin Laschet cannot count on help from Munich - just as, conversely, his Bavarian competitor could not have trusted support from NRW if he had been named a candidate. Even the Chancellor makes no move to throw her weight into the scales for her most loyal follower of many years and for her party. At the end of her reign she stages herself as floating above the parties. This is not a good script to defend power in Berlin.

Laschet only has one trump card left.

And that is Friedrich Merz of all people, the old rival whom he could only bring down with all his strength (and with Markus Söder's help).

The CDU chief hesitated for a long time to accept Merz's offer to make him shadow super minister.

There was too much concern that a Merz would be too dominant, that it would not be involved, and that Merkel voters were scared off.

Union power struggle: Laschet is now dependent on Merz - he could become the new strong man in the end

But the more Merkel and Söder Laschet give the cold shoulder, the more urgently he has to rely on the Sauerland as a locomotive to mobilize the conservative voters for him.

Laschet's weakness is Merz's chance.

If things go wrong on September 26th and the Union ends up in the opposition, Merz, as parliamentary group leader, could become the new strong man of the Union in Berlin and stand up to the Chancellor.

The new, green chancellor.

Georg Anastasiadis

Source: merkur

All news articles on 2021-04-28

You may like

News/Politics 2024-02-14T13:21:20.075Z

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-03-28T06:04:53.137Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.