Despite the historically bad polls of the Union for the federal election, Markus Söder continues to believe in Armin Laschet's chancellorship - and is laughed at online for it.
Munich - Three weeks before the general election, the Union still cannot get rid of its bad poll numbers. On the contrary: the closer to election day, the worse it looks for the CDU and CSU. CSU boss Markus Söder is alarmed by these historically poor poll numbers. But the Bavarian Prime Minister still wants to hold on to Armin Laschet's chancellorship - if not very convinced.
In an interview with
Bild
, Markus Söder was less optimistic than his chancellor candidate Armin Laschet.
The 30 percent target is unrealistic, a "giant step".
But the CSU politician is sticking to the fact that the Union can still change its polling course.
"There is no way we can watch this country slide to the left without a fight," he said in an interview.
Armin Laschet has been fighting committed for days.
When asked whether the next German Chancellor will be Armin Laschet, Söder replied curtly: "Sure."
Söder: Laschet is "clear" Chancellor - polls predict something else
In view of the bad poll ratings of the Union, however, Laschet's chancellorship is not so “clear”.
The latest survey results from the Insa Institute see the SPD as the clear winner with 26 percent.
The Union, on the other hand, only has 20.5 percent.
According to surveys by the Forsa Institute, the Union is 19 percent even below the 20 percent mark.
The Union also does not do better in terms of the Germans' preference for chancellor.
According to a survey by the opinion research institute Forsa, 29 percent would choose SPD man Olaf Scholz.
Annalena Baerbock would vote for 15 percent of those surveyed, Armin Laschet brings up the rear with 11 percent.
What Markus Söder will be happy about: If the CSU chairman were to run for chancellor hypothetical, 39 percent of those surveyed would vote for him - Olaf Scholz would then only get 22 percent.
Markus Söder gets laughs on the net for Laschet's statement
You have to see this!
@Markus_Soeder answers the question on #BILDLive on TV if the next Federal Chancellor is Armin Laschet.
pic.twitter.com/ahgvKiI6HK
- BILD (@BILD) September 8, 2021
Markus Söder gets a
lot of laughter
online for his statement in the
picture
interview. Some accuse him of not being supportive enough. “The SPD's election commercial for the next two weeks is here,” writes the
Focus
correspondent
on Twitter. “And as soon as the switch was over, Mr. Söder started to laugh heartily,” suspects another user. Others, however, have no words: they only respond with laughing emojis. “What do
Bild
and the Union have in common? They have been on the decline for years and talk past reality ... ", says a Twitter user about Laschet's chancellorship.
Söder also reaps laughter from the competition.
The SPD MP in Berlin, Maja Lasić, tweeted: “I couldn't answer more convincingly.” Martin Habersaat, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in Schleswig-Holstein, also finds the CSU politician's low persuasiveness “funny”.
"One gets the impression that he has to control himself very much in order not to break loose," one user sums up the scene.
Söder is "one hundred percent" behind Laschet
Some Twitter users insinuate Markus Söder that he acts in an unfriendly manner in the interview.
“Söder is happy when Laschet loses,” says one user.
Many think that the CSU boss saw himself as a possible candidate for chancellor in April.
In the power struggle with Armin Laschet, however, the Union decided against the Bavarian Prime Minister.
In an interview with
Bild
, Söder replied to the question of whether a change of candidate for chancellor would still make sense: “The decision has been made. It is now the time to gather behind the candidate and not ask questions, 'what if, what could have been'. ”He himself is one hundred percent behind Laschet. But in the past few weeks, things looked different when the CSU boss repeatedly practiced peaks against Laschet.
