“Not remotely”: Although Laschet would need it - Merkel is probably staying completely out of the election campaign

Merkel continues to keep a low profile on the question of her successor.

Apparently, this also applies to the upcoming election campaign.

It could be difficult for the Union this time.

Berlin - The Union chair in the Federal Chancellery in Berlin wobbles.

With the Greens and Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock as competition, the CDU and CSU could end up in the opposition for the first time in 16 years.

Angela Merkel already announced in a spectacular interview with Anne Will that the Union had

"No subscription to the Chancellery".

The Chancellor seems to have few ambitions to actively support her potential successor and current CDU chairman Armin Laschet in the election campaign for the federal election in September.

This is based on information from the news broadcaster n-tv.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is apparently staying out of the election campaign before the federal election in 2021

In current surveys, the CDU, CSU and the Greens are in a neck-and-neck race. The two most promising parties in the fight for the Chancellery are either tied - or the Union is just leading, as the current Sunday trend shows. Since it became known that CDU boss Laschet is entering the race in the struggle for the K question, his poll numbers have grown mixed up. In the current Sunday trend, it is behind Baerbock (first place) and Olaf Scholz (SPD) in terms of popularity.

Nevertheless, according to n-tv information from CDU circles, it is said: “The Chancellor is not remotely taking part in this election campaign as she used to.” Although individual dates are not excluded, Angela Merkel will not campaign.

And this despite the fact that Merkel is considered to be the most popular politician in the country in surveys and can look back on 16 years as Chancellor.

Federal election 2021 in Germany: Laschet has to contest the election campaign against Baerbock and Scholz

When asked at the CDU headquarters, it was said that there was no planning for election campaign appearances with Merkel, reports the news platform.

That Merkel has little interest in intervening in the fight for her successor, she recently proved in the tug-of-war between Söder and Laschet.

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