For a possible new start in terms of personnel for the federal CDU, Lower Saxony's CDU boss Bernd Althusmann expects a clear schedule after the talks on Monday.
"I assume that the Presidium will decide on a clear schedule that shows the way to a special party conference," said Althusmann of the German Press Agency.
Hanover / Berlin - In the opinion of Althusmann, the members should be more involved in the election of a possible new federal chairman.
Especially when it comes down to a controversial decision between several candidates.
“From my point of view, the CDU has been deeply divided since the tight internal party decisions.
The dispute between the CDU and CSU over the question of the candidate for chancellor did the rest here.
That was a heavy burden in the election campaign. "
The Bremen CDU chairman Carsten Meyer-Heder told the dpa: “The federal CDU has to reposition itself in terms of content, structure and personnel.
Only then do people trust us again. "
The CDU / CSU fell to 24.1 percent in the federal election, while the SPD became the strongest force with 25.7 percent.
CDU boss Armin Laschet had announced that he wanted to submit a proposal to the party's top bodies this Monday for a new line-up.
He would like to moderate this process himself.
Laschet was his party's top candidate in the federal election.
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Althusmann said to possible successors of Laschet: "In this sensitive phase of the Union we may have to think around a few corners who can be the right person to lead us for the next four years." The party currently has many good candidates in North Rhine-Westphalia and should also look to the east or north.
He sees Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther as a possible candidate.
“He is young and yet has government experience.
He is facing a state election next year, but that does not have to be an exclusion criterion. "
Friedrich Merz has “a certain natural claim to leadership” for Althusmann.
“He may not be the young face in terms of age, but he probably enjoys the greatest approval within the party if it comes to a member survey.
"But, as I understand it, he does not want to go into a dispute with well-known candidates such as Jens Spahn, Norbert Röttgen or others." Dpa