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Armin Laschet: "What does a power word mean?"
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Just don't offend: Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet has called for a factual election campaign without aggression. In the “Brigitte live” series of talks on Wednesday evening, the CDU chairman referred to the recent US election campaign, which had deeply divided society. "I think we are conducting a factual, controversial election campaign, but we do not poison the climate, so that anyone who has to govern after it has a very difficult time reconciling society." There are already "some outliers", but in the He sees the leadership of the other parties as having a will to be fair.
Laschet rejected a word of power in the direction of the CDU candidate for the Bundestag, Hans-Georg Maaßen, who was controversial within the party.
"I just don't intend to add value to every comment he makes over the next few weeks by positioning myself against it myself," said Laschet.
Maaßen, who was formerly President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, is a direct candidate for the CDU in a constituency in southern Thuringia.
He had recently caused indignation by accusing the public service media of tendentious reporting: There is a "clear left twist," he told the broadcaster tv.Berlin.
Maaßen spoke of connections between editorial staff and the left-wing extremist scene and brought an "NDR committee of inquiry" into discussion.
He later made it clear that freedom of the press and broadcasting had constitutional status.
He doesn't mention the name Maassen
Laschet emphasized that the Union's position on public broadcasting was crystal clear.
“At a time like now, when there is so much fake news about the pandemic, strong public service broadcasting is important.
That is the position of the entire CDU. ”Laschet did not use the name Maassen.
He refuses to let such statements determine the topics.
"What does a power word mean?" Asked the CDU chief.
He said: "This is my position, which I will enforce as Chancellor, the position of the CDU is clear, and whoever gives any interviews is their problem, at least it is not the position of the CDU."
The chancellor candidate from the CDU and CSU essentially affirmed the Union's well-known political positions, but also chatted casually about private matters in a dark suit with a white shirt and no tie.
The 60-year-old revealed himself to be a fan of television series, many of which are now in the media libraries.
“Then my wife always despairs because she says you have to sleep now.
And then I sit there until 3 or 4 o'clock and watch these series. ”It is an advantage that he can get by on little sleep.
His wife would not keep him company.
“She also watches series, but at civil times.
Most of the time I watch alone. "
Gender: "Doesn't match my style of speech"
Laschet named improving equality for women as a priority if he were to win the election. And what about his private life in this regard? "I have experienced different phases in my own marriage." Right at the beginning, when his wife was already working and he was still a student, he took care of the "household things". "The more you took on political responsibility, the less I had time to really look after the children every day - but I would still say that I was still a father who was there when it was important."
Laschet thinks little of gender in language - at least for himself. »To always speak the gender star now, in any case, does not go with my style of language.
But whoever does that - is okay, you can do it, you don't have to prohibit, you can have respect for.
Only, my language is different. "
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