Bundestag election: decision with explosive power - "Could completely dismantle parliamentary group"

The CDU parliamentary group meeting is imminent.

For Armin Laschet, the election of the Union parliamentary group leader could mean a loss of power - all the news in the news ticker.

• The CDU will meet for the first parliamentary group meeting on Tuesday (September 28th, 2021).

• In the federal election in 2021 *, the party only got 24.1 percent of the vote.

• Among other things, the position of the parliamentary group chairman and future coalition partners is up for debate.

Frankfurt / Berlin - After the federal election, the first parliamentary group meeting of the CDU is now imminent. In the election on Sunday (September 26th, 2021), the CDU / CSU * Union achieved the worst result in its history with just 24.1 percent of the votes. The parliamentary group now faces major tasks. Although many award the government mandate of the SPD *, the CDU apparently wants to continue to govern, preferably in the Jamaica alliance with the Greens * and the FDP *.

The question of who should become the new CDU parliamentary group leader is still unanswered.

It appears that this question is to be answered first at today's group meeting.

According to information from the news portal N-tv, the previous parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus wants to be confirmed regularly in his office.

And that although party leader Armin Laschet * preferred the model of a provisional solution.

CDU parliamentary group meeting after the federal election in 2021: Dispute over the position of the parliamentary group leader

On Monday (September 28th, 2021) he announced that Brinkhaus would only be parliamentary group leader “in the phase of these coalition negotiations”.

According to Ntv, this caused displeasure at Brinkhaus, who wants to be elected for a year.

Now members of the CDU leadership fear fighting candidates for the post.

Accordingly, “the faction could completely split up tonight”.

In any case, the constellation of old and new parliamentary groups and the members of the cabinet is difficult.

The parliamentary group also knows that CDU presidium member Norbert Röttgen will run for a fight if Brinkhaus does not only want to be elected on a transitional basis.

If Laschet's plan to form a Jamaica coalition does not work, the Union would spend the next legislative period in the opposition.

Then the post of group leader would be one of the most powerful in the Union.

(Luisa Ebbrecht) *