SPD opposition leader Thomas Kutschaty has congratulated CDU State Transport Minister Hendrik Wüst on being nominated as Armin Laschet's successor in the office of Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia.
In the event of his election by the state parliament, he wanted to lead a "substantive dispute about the best ideas for our country" with Wüst, said the SPD party and parliamentary group leader in Düsseldorf on Tuesday.
Düsseldorf - The SPD is promoting a “real change in politics” in North Rhine-Westphalia, which puts the needs of the people back at the center.
Kutschaty stated that the state parliament had been "at the mercy of the" internal political skirmishes "of the internal power struggle in Berlin for too long.
Hardly a debate in recent months has not been under this impression.
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In the internal CDU discussion about the successor to Armin Laschet as Prime Minister in North Rhine-Westphalia, Vice-State Prime Minister Joachim Stamp (FDP) offered his services on a transitional basis.
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Wüst has always been close to Laschet in the CDU / FDP government, said the SPD parliamentary group leader.
“The Laschet balance sheet will also be a Wüst balance sheet.” He was curious whether Wüst would be able to “involve his opponents and learn from his own mistakes in the past”.
The actual election will then take place on May 15, 2022, when the state parliament is re-elected.
Laschet had previously proposed the 46-year-old Wüst to the CDU state executive and the parliamentary group as his successor as party leader and prime minister.
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