The CDU is seething.
Resignation calls, debates about new staffing determine the hours after the federal election.
Berlin - Neither the election evening nor the day after was nice for Armin Laschet: The CDU * fell historically in the federal election *, calls for resignation were loud from various sides, there were apparently fierce discussions in the committees.
“We suffered a crushing defeat. We lost a lot of swing voters. That must then also determine our further behavior and our line-up for the coming period, ”said CDU Economics Minister Peter Altmaier of the
Rheinische Post
. He recommended "a portion of humility" to his party.
When asked about Markus Söder *, he specified the subject of “line-up” in more concrete terms.
The Federal Minister had campaigned for the CSU chief from Bavaria in the Chancellor candidate power struggle in April.
Now he says: “I made my position clear back then.
Both in the federal executive committee and towards Armin Laschet *.
It's not nice when in the end you see that your own fears have been exceeded by reality. ”The clear government mandate with a result in second place is now more difficult.
"That is why we have to talk quickly about the content and personnel of the CDU for the future," added Altmaier.
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CDU politician Norbert Röttgen sees the pace a little differently.
“We can't set our own internal competition in motion parallel to negotiations about a government.
They wouldn't get along, ”he told the
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
.
Looking at CDU leader Laschet, he said that he was the elected party leader and the joint candidate for chancellor.
"These decisions stand until others are made."
Röttgen spoke out against voting on the chairmanship of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag * this Tuesday.
“Firstly, we don't have a consensus on this matter, and secondly, we don't know whether we will elect the opposition leader or the chairman of the largest parliamentary group in the government.
These are very different political tasks. "
But Röttgen by no means eludes an all-round renewal of his party: "The entire breadth of the party must understand that this is now pending," said the CDU executive committee member.
The CDU is in "existential danger" of losing its status as a people's party.
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Schleswig-Holstein's head of government Daniel Günther (CDU) also warned his party against a personnel debate at the moment.
This discussion must be conducted "when we know that a Jamaica alliance has no chance," he told the newspapers of the
Funke media group
with a view to possible coalition negotiations with the Greens and the FDP *.
After such an election result, there should be no “business as usual”, stressed the Prime Minister.
"If the talks fail, then we will talk exactly about these questions: About the personnel line-up of the party and the question of how things are going now."
Federal election 2021: Resistance to Laschet is growing - calls for resignation from their own ranks
In the meantime, there is also growing resistance in the Union to the strategy of Chancellor candidate Laschet of relying on explorations with the Greens and the FDP despite the historic defeat in the Bundestag election. Lower Saxony's CDU boss Bernd Althusmann demanded: “We should now humbly and respectfully accept the will of the voters, with decency and attitude. Change was wanted. "Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier underlined:" We have no claim to government responsibility. "Young Union boss Tilman Kuban said:" We lost the election. Period. “The clear mandate lies with the SPD, Greens and FDP.
The Union is seething, there have already been calls for Laschet's withdrawal - from Ellen Demuth, a confidante of Röttgen, for example.
Although the Union fell to 24.1 percent and the SPD became the strongest party with Olaf Scholz, the Union's candidate for chancellor confirmed on the evening of the election that he was aiming for a Jamaica coalition with the FDP and the Greens - with which the SPD would also like to govern.
The Social Democrats derive a clear voting mandate from the result of 25.7 percent.
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Greens and FDP want to meet
According to
Spiegel
information, the Greens and the FDP agreed on a first meeting on Wednesday.
FDP leader Christian Lindner had proposed on the evening of the election that both parties sit down in advance to explore overlaps.
(cibo / AFP / dpa) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
