CDU woman brings the idea of ​​competing parties into play - next potential chairman cancels

After the poor result in the federal election, the CDU is looking for a way to start over.

Party vice-president Silvia Breher makes a sensational proposal.

Berlin - What has worked well for the SPD *, the Greens *, the Left * and also the AfD *, in some cases for years, is now to be found in the conservative CDU * party: the dual leadership. At least when it comes to the deputy CDU chairman Silvia Breher. The

, she said: "I am the principle open to." A majority currently do not see it in the party, but we must discuss the issue so Breher. She herself is available for leadership positions in the CDU. "I would like to continue to contribute and actively shape the modernization of the CDU," said the 48-year-old.

In an interview with the news portal

, Breher made it clear that she is not available for the party chairmanship.

For them, this is "currently not up for discussion".

The reason is that her children also have “at least one right” to spend time with her as a mother.

Prominent CDU voice calls for dual leadership: criticism of the lack of advancement opportunities for women

Breher criticized the lack of career opportunities for women in her party. “Over the years we have often had women in top positions who tend not to have children. Ursula von der Leyen * was an exception. But many women in the party have bet their careers completely. And it simply shouldn't be that you have to decide within the party whether you want a career or children. "And that is" partly also the problem of the CDU. "

For them, however, it is not decisive “whether we end up with a man or a woman at the top, but that we finally find our way back to the team idea,” Breher said of the

.

“We need team spirit now,” she warned.

It is about a team that reflects the currents of the party and in which women are also represented.

In terms of content, the party must "find clear positions that go beyond formula compromises".

Should the Union be in opposition, it will be easier to point out differences.

Double leadership soon also at the CDU?

Junge Union boss Kuban calls for a generation change

Breher is skeptical about a possible membership survey * for the office of party leader.

“A member's decision is not just the great savior.

This can be seen in the SPD, which has had dubious experiences with it, ”said the CDU Vice President

.

The head of the Junge Union, Tilman Kuban, emphasized on the other hand: "Whoever becomes chairman, however, has to decide the entire party." The CDU needs a candidate behind whom the whole party can assemble, Kuban told the

.

He reiterated his call for a generation change.

"Now is the time to give new minds a chance."

Breher brings CDU dual leadership into discussion: the federal board is to be completely re-elected

Kuban called on the Union to develop a new culture of discussion and a culture of compromise. "We have to learn again to discuss contentious issues internally and to represent the compromise or decision that has been found to the outside world." The Junge Union meets from Friday to Sunday in Münster for its Germany Day. Several top politicians from the CDU are also expected there, who are traded as possible applicants for the party leadership. But Kuban emphasized: "We have great young women who now have to become more visible."

After the historic election debacle of the Union with Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet * in the federal election *, the CDU wants to re-elect the entire federal executive committee at a special party conference.

It remains to be seen whether the party congress will take place in December or in January.

Possible applicants for the top of the CDU are above all the economic expert Friedrich Merz *, Health Minister Jens Spahn *, the foreign politician Norbert Röttgen *, Union parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus and the economic politician Carsten Linnemann.

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Several CDU prime ministers have already given up.

Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer told the

“I will remain loyal to Saxony.” The 46-year-old emphasized: “I have an important task in Saxony that I not only have to fulfill, but also want to fulfill.” Also Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther had declared that he would like to help with the reorganization of the CDU, "but not on the front line".