Shortly before the federal election, the Union is in the polls low.
CSU boss Markus Söder is hoping for a turnaround after the party conference at the weekend - Armin Laschet is also expected there.
Nuremberg - The Union does not have much time left to reverse the survey trends.
It is currently in a historic survey low *.
Bavaria's Prime Minister is therefore hoping for a turnaround after the CSU * party conference, to which Armin Laschet has also been invited.
However, not everyone should be pleased: The CSU General Secretary thinks Laschet is the wrong candidate.
Nationwide, the Union is currently doing poorly in current surveys *.
Things are not looking rosy for the CSU in Bavaria either: According to the latest surveys, it is now below the 30 percent mark.
The CSU now hopes to be able to end its low at its party congress on Friday (September 10th) and Saturday in Nuremberg.
"If there is still a chance to break the trend, it will be this weekend," said Markus Söder * of the German Press Agency.
Armin Laschet at the CSU party congress - CSU is distancing itself from Laschet
In view of the dramatic polls, the actual occasion of the party congress is almost a minor matter. Among other things, the election of Söders as party leader and the entire party executive is planned. At the end of the party congress on Saturday, Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet * is expected in Nuremberg. But in the CSU, Laschet's withdrawal movements are now unmistakable. For Söder, however, it is clear that the Union can only win the election if they work together: “It is not a question of style now. We all have to bargain. "
CSU General Secretary Markus Blume sees it differently. On Thursday (September 9th), in an interview with
Spiegel
, he
blamed Armin Laschet for the party's poor poll results
:
“Of course we would be better off with Markus Söder.” The unbroken high approval
ratings
for Söder showed the Union's potential. "We now have to work on that together in the remaining two weeks," said Blume.
The CSU is also affected by this: “There is always a very strong influence of the federal trend in federal elections.
We cannot free ourselves from that either. ”The accusation that Söder made life difficult for Laschet with his taunts was called“ a sham argument ”by Blume.
According to the report, the CSU has already prepared appropriate posters for the case of Söder's candidacy for chancellor.
“Ready for Germany” would have been the slogan, said Blume to the
mirror
.
Despite the low survey: Markus Söder and Angela Merkel continue to hold on to the Chancellery
Despite the current situation, Söder still sees opportunities for an election victory.
Chancellor Angela Merkel * also wants to continue to hold on to Armin Laschet's chancellorship despite the failure of the survey.
According to reports from the AFP news agency, Merkel said at an event of the conservative European People's Party (EPP) on Thursday in Berlin that she felt that the election campaign was “really fighting”.
"It will be billed on election day."
“It was clear to everyone in the CDU and CSU that after 16 years you cannot automatically and effortlessly return to the Chancellery,” said Merkel about the low in the survey.
After her statements in the Bundestag on Tuesday (September 7th), where she had clearly campaigned for Laschet, she “does not want to interfere and now make any speculations”.
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