A few days before the federal election there is rumbling in the Union.
The sister parties are suffering from the low poll numbers.
Berlin - President of the Bundestag Wolfgang Schäuble has made Chancellor Angela Merkel * jointly responsible for the low polling figures of the Union * and Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet *.
Schäuble told Tagesspiegel that Laschet could neither say “We're doing everything new” nor “We'll just keep doing it” before the federal election in 2021 *.
After a total of 16 years as Chancellor of Merkel, this is "a problem".
Federal election 2021: Schäuble blames Merkel for Laschet's poor poll results
Schäuble justified his assessment with Merkel's decision to give up the chairmanship of the CDU in 2018, but to continue as head of government.
“I am firmly convinced that both belong in one hand: party chairmanship and chancellery.
That has not been the case for almost three years, and therefore there is no official bonus.
On the contrary, ”said Schäuble.
Schäuble is considered one of Laschet's greatest supporters.
He campaigned for the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia in the power struggle against Markus Söder *.
His personal future as President of the Bundestag also depends on the success or failure of Laschet.
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