New photo causes excitement: "What on earth could the main problem of the CDU be?"

In the CDU, the age, but also the gender issue is discussed.

A photo of party officials gives cause for discussion.

Magdeburg - The CDU is looking for a way out of its crisis.

“Reorganization” should be the magic word - both in terms of personnel and content.

The committees meet, CDU boss Armin Laschet initially throws vague plans into the room, there is constant criticism from various sides.

Picture shows a "problem" of the CDU - "I can't figure it out"

One group that now met in Magdeburg were the parliamentary group leaders of the CDU and CSU. It was discussed and discussed how things could go on after the federal elections. Of course, there was the obligatory group photo as well. But this caused ridicule on Twitter.

Because you can mainly see older men in dark suits. Only one woman grins

into the camera

at the recordings that the

broadcast on Sunday. It's Ines Claus from Hessen. "What on earth could the CDU's main problem be?" Commented Bernd Ulrich von der

on Twitter. “I can't figure it out,” he shoved afterwards. In response to the tweet, one user added that it was all “white” and compared it to the Green's exploratory team, which had also been criticized. Another user said: “The ties. Most of them no longer have ties on. That scares the core electorate. "

What on earth could the #CDU's main problem be?

(Group chairmen in the federal government, in the federal states and in the EU) I can't figure it out pic.twitter.com/iec6FA5MsN

- Bernd Ulrich (@berndulrich) October 10, 2021

Katja Leikert, herself in the CDU and deputy chairman of the Union parliamentary group, also reacted: She praised Claus as a "good woman!"

CDU looking for a chairman: The much-cited candidates are all men

The fact that the candidates who are traded for the CDU chairmanship are all men is repeatedly criticized by some. Jens Spahn, Friedrich Merz, Carsten Linnemann, Ralph Brinkhaus, Tobias Hans, Michael Kretschmer and Daniel Günther, among others, are traded - with the latter already moving away from the front line. At least the way to the goal is now clear.

Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Günther demanded, like others, personal consequences.

"Overall, we need a new start and should therefore re-elect our entire board - in the course of this year," said Günther.

But he also criticized the fact that only men always played a role in the debate about the reorganization of the party.

The chairwoman of the Women's Union, Annette Widmann-Mauz, said, however, that women play an essential role and "they will also insist that they be taken into account".

Generation change: Altmaier and Kramp-Karrenbauer make room - who else?

In addition to the gender issue, age also plays a role in the CDU.

In order to promote the generation change in the Union parliamentary group, Ministers Peter Altmaier and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said goodbye to their mandates in the Bundestag.

Altmaier spoke of liberation and also pointed to others.