Friedrich Merz should strengthen Armin Laschet in the final spurt before the federal election in 2021.
But: Does the CDU politician not know the other names of the future team?
Munich / Berlin - The polls for the federal election 2021: When the CDU and CSU made Armin Laschet their candidate for chancellor, the Union demonstratively did not give much to the opinion trends in the population.
Now that the federal election is not far away, CSU boss Markus Söder describes the situation as "serious".
Because Union is staggering around 20 percent.
According to their own statements, 30 to 35 percent are a matter of course.
In the final sprint to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), an eight-person “future team” should help Armin Laschet to maintain the chances of the government.
Most prominent name among them: Friedrich Merz (CDU).
But does the 65-year-old even know the names of the other members of the future team?
The Sauerland was asked that very directly in the program “Report from Berlin” on ARD - and seemed taken by surprise.
Merz stumbles when it comes to the names of colleagues in Armin Laschet's future team - "Alles gut"
“Yes, of course, I have the whole team ready and I think we have covered a wide range of topics with these eight team members of Armin Laschet's future team.
And I think we can all eight of us equally well, ”replied the politician in the ARD broadcast, which focused on the 2021 federal election.
However, he did not want to mention the names.
Because he wasn't sure he could get them all together?
“We're not doing school here, are we?
So: I know who is on the team and you know it too, so it's all good.
So: We both are not going to be silly here, ”he said in the direction of ARD presenter Matthias Deiß, who did not give up.
Merz again: “Well: you know the names, I know the names.
We all introduced ourselves together and we will be going into the next few weeks with these names. "
CDU / CSU before the federal election in 2021: This is Armin Laschet's future team
Dorothee Bär (CSU): Digital Minister of State from the Chancellery - Digitization
Karin Prien (CDU): Education Minister from Schleswig-Holstein - Education and Schools
Barbara Klepsch (CDU): former mayor of Annaberg-Buchholz (Saxony) - Eastern competence and closeness to the citizen
Silvia Breher (CDU): deputy party leader - family
Joe Chialo (CDU): Music manager from Berlin - cultural and creative industries
Andreas Jung (CDU): Deputy parliamentary group from the Bundestag - environmental policy
Peter R. Neumann (independent): journalist and terrorist - security policy
Friedrich Merz (CDU): former CDU / CSU parliamentary group chairman - finance and economic policy
In the video: “Future Team” Laschet - Can these eight experts save the CDU?
The fact that Merz refused to list the names nonetheless resulted in a decent shit storm on social media.
The reactions were sometimes harsh.
For example, a user commented on the Twitter posting on the broadcast of “Report from Berlin”: “I'll translate briefly: No, I have absolutely no idea what they are called.
Please don't ask any further questions now, I know that, you know that. I'm still grinning a bit stupid and good. "
Armin Laschet's future team: Shitstorm against CDU man Friedrich Merz
Another user said: "Friedrich Merz is interested - what a surprise - only in Friedrich Merz." With reference to the "school lesson" quote Merz 'said another user: "Yeah, sure, Friedrich.
6. Put. ”The federal elections are not far off, and the CDU continues to struggle through the election campaign.
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