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The election of the parliamentary group is a matter for the boss: Söder and Laschet are on the phone - spectacular names are circulating

2021-10-02T09:02:19.854Z


The Union faction in the Bundestag is shrinking. They meet for the first time on Tuesday. It threatens to get directly sensitive - because the parliamentary group leader is to be determined. News ticker.


The Union faction in the Bundestag is shrinking.

They meet for the first time on Tuesday.

It threatens to get directly sensitive - because the parliamentary group leader is to be determined.

News ticker.

  • The Union parliamentary group meets at 5 p.m. in the Bundestag * - the parliamentary group leader should also be elected.

    There was a dispute beforehand, because the item could still be extremely decisive

    (see initial report).

  • According to a report, an attempt at an agreement by Armin Laschet with Brinkhaus was unsuccessful

    (update from 10 a.m.).

  • Federal Vice Klöckner calls for moderation

    (see update from September 28, 11:53 a.m.).

  • This news ticker is continuously updated.

Update from September 28, 2:35 p.m.:

The election of the Union parliamentary group chairman, which is particularly explosive for Armin Laschet, is now officially a matter for the boss: Laschet and CSU boss Markus Söder are currently working together on an amicable solution.

The dpa reports.

There should be an amicable solution by the scheduled election on Tuesday evening, which everyone could support.

This is to prevent a candidate for a fight in the vote.

In addition to the previous parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus, it was also discussed that Jens Spahn, Norbert Röttgen and Friedrich Merz are also running for office.

Söder and Laschet had already telephoned several times during the day on the subject, it said.

From union circles it was also said that they are still ready for talks with the FDP and the Greens on a possible Jamaica alliance.

There are corresponding signals from the FDP and the Greens that they are willing to talk.

However, Söder expressed himself diametrically different internally on this question.

Election as parliamentary group leader: lags before the end?

CSU calls for "decision" internally

Update from September 28, 12:45 p.m.:

Before the parliamentary group meeting of the Union in the early evening, the situation for CDU leader Armin Laschet seems to be getting worse. Already in the evening a confidante of CSU official colleague Markus Söder shot violently in Laschet's direction * - now there are indications that the Christian Socials want to make the personnel decision in the parliamentary group for the next choice of direction.

"That must be the week of the decision - about the course and personnel," said CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt after information from the

world

in the circle of CSU members of the Bundestag.

Söder's party is thus explicitly distancing itself from Laschet's alleged wish to first find a provisional solution for the post of parliamentary group leader.

The CSU could block the ailing chancellor candidate from a position of power in the event that the Jamaica talks fail.

Laschet under pressure: Klöckner wants to calm down - "We are a party that supports the state"

Update from September 28, 11:53 a.m.:

Shortly before the constituent meeting of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, the CDU deputy federal chairwoman Julia Klöckner calls on her party to exercise moderation. "We are a party that supports the state, it does not include headlessness, but predictability," said the outgoing state chairman of Rhineland-Palatinate of the

Rheinische Post

. A processing of the election and a renewal of the party appearance are inevitable in view of the result. "What I do not believe in is now to cover the roof and tear down the walls without a plan," emphasized Klöckner. At the constituent meeting of the strongly shrunk parliamentary group on Tuesday afternoon, the election of the parliamentary group leader is also on the agenda, which could cause political explosives

(see first report and update from September 28, 10 a.m.).

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Armin Laschet, Union candidate for chancellor, together with Julia Klöckner at an election campaign event of the CDU in Landau (archive picture).

© Political Moments / Imago

Laschet is hoping for “Jamaica” - otherwise will he get the chairmanship of the parliamentary group?

Update from September 28, 10:45 a.m.:

This Tuesday is also an important day for Armin Laschet. The group members of the Union meet in the early evening. Laschet also won a Bundestag mandate in the election via the NRW state list. As previously announced, he is going to Berlin and will soon be giving up his post in NRW - a successor as NRW Prime Minister should have already been found. The NRW-CDU denied that morning. Laschet has to hope that the possible exploratory talks between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP will turn out so that he too will get a chance to negotiate for “Jamaica”. Otherwise, the seat of the parliamentary group leader, which is already being debated

(see update from September 28, 10:00 a.m.)

, will be all the more important for him.

CDU election for parliamentary group chairmanship: Laschet loses first trial of strength with Brinkhaus

Update from September 28, 10:00 a.m.:

After the federal election, the Union's showdown continues this Tuesday in the Bundestag parliamentary group.

CDU boss Armin Laschet had not succeeded in preventing the previous parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus from “being elected regularly today as parliamentary group chairman,” tweeted

world

journalist Robin Alexander, citing information from his newspaper.

Should the CDU / CSU go into the opposition, the office of the parliamentary group chairman would be one of the most powerful remaining at the federal level

(see first report).

Loud

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is

it is now clear that Brinkhaus should be proposed for re-election.

However, it is unclear for which period the freestyle will apply.

Laschet explicitly did not rule out a "provisional" solution on Monday.

With their help, he could later reach for the post in the event of failed coalition talks.

According to the report, Laschet wanted to convince Brinkhaus of this variant in a one-to-one conversation.

But this did not succeed.

If Laschet or other parts of the parliamentary group want to postpone the election, a fight vote could be necessary.

CDU parliamentary group leader: Trial of strength between Laschet and Brinkhaus threatens today - is Söder planning a surprise?

First report from September 28th:

Berlin - This Tuesday, Armin Laschet * has to face the new parliamentary group. Two days after the federal election *, the parliamentary groups of some parties meet for initial deliberations. CDU and CSU meet at 5 p.m. The agenda also includes the election of the parliamentary group leader - as the opposition group one of the most powerful positions in the Union. It is still unclear whether the Union will make it into government with a “Jamaica coalition” *. So who will prevail?

On Monday there was a dispute within the CDU leadership over the modalities of the parliamentary group chairman election.

CDU boss Laschet had said that he wanted to propose together with the CSU chairman Markus Söder that the previous chairman Ralph Brinkhaus (CDU) should be the parliamentary group leader “in the phase of these coalition negotiations”.

This had caused displeasure at Brinkhaus, because he wanted to be elected for a year as usual.

This is customary in the parliamentary group's regulations - after one year another election is planned until the end of the legislative period.

In the event that Brinkhaus actually wants to run for a term of one year, members of the CDU leadership fear fighting candidates for the post.

Union parliamentary group meets in the Bundestag: Söder and Laschet discussed the parliamentary group leader on Monday evening

According to his own statement, Söder had not yet agreed with Laschet on a confirmation from Brinkhaus in the office of chairman of the Union parliamentary group on Monday evening. In addition, talks should follow “in several rounds” that evening, said the CSU boss in the ARD. The CSU state group meeting is on Tuesday morning.

Brinkhaus would be "an option" and have done its job well so far, said Söder.

“But there are also others.” A joint proposal with Laschet “has not yet been dealt with conclusively”.

But it is already clear that there will be no own proposal “from the CSU”.

Laschet had previously said that it was "out of the question" that he would propose Brinkhaus together with Söder.

Brinkhaus has been chairman of the CDU * / CSU * parliamentary group in the Bundestag since September 2018.

Söder called for the “best possible solution” for the parliamentary group.

It would therefore be good if there was a solution “not just for a few days”, “but for longer”.

CDU and CSU have to accept heavy losses in the federal election - Röttgen against parliamentary group chairmanship plan

After a short statement at 4.45 p.m., the showdown could follow. After the heavy losses in the election, the parliamentary group has shrunk: instead of the previous 246 members of the CDU and CSU, only 196 Union parliamentarians will sit in the Bundestag.

CDU politician Norbert Röttgen recently spoke out against voting on the chairmanship of the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag on Tuesday.

“Firstly, we do not have a consensus on this matter and, secondly, we do not 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, ”he told the 

Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

The fact that he would compete himself was ruled out for today's Tuesday, but not for the time after that.

(dpa / AFP / cibo) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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