Markus Söder would like a new cooperation between the CDU and CSU.
But something should also change in his party.
Manfred Weber expresses his responsibility.
Munich - The Union is trying to sweep up the broken pieces.
Much was broken with the Bundestag election debacle.
The “Germany Day” of the Junge Union is intended to offer a chance to come to terms with things, but also to show what can come in the future.
CDU leader Armin Laschet faced the party’s youngsters on Saturday morning and took responsibility for the result.
For this, members paid him respect.
The JU, but also for example the CDU Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn, who spoke afterwards, also remarked again and again how good it was that Laschet was facing the debate and that he was present in Münster.
That can also be understood as a swipe at Munich.
Because the ruling CSU boss Markus Söder canceled his appearance shortly before - although the mood in the CDU towards the sister party CSU has been simmering for some time.
But Söder also has to clean up his party.
Maybe that's why he wanted to attend a basic conference in Bavaria.
“Draw conclusions”: Weber also sees CSU boss Söder as having an obligation
But Söder gave
an interview to
Welt am Sonntag
in which he pleaded for a new way of working together. "In terms of style and content, we should move closer together again instead of talking publicly about each other," said Bavaria's Prime Minister. But in the end there is more to it than that: the staff.
"It is a great value that we have a strong Prime Minister," said Manfred Weber, CSU party vice-president, the
Süddeutsche Zeitung
.
“But when I say that he is number one, then it also means that Markus Söder bears most of the responsibility.
Not only for the decisions, but also for the party's election results.
And from that we now have to draw the right conclusions together. ”Before that, he said in an interview with a view to the entire Union that the candidate for chancellor“ bears the main responsibility for the result ”.
But they fought together, "that's why we have to take responsibility together".
CSU Vice Weber: In addition to a strong leadership, the party also needs a broad team
But what does it mean to draw the right conclusions?
No more “one-man-show” by Söder, as it was already criticized by the Junge Union in Bavaria?
In addition to the clear number one, a team is also needed: “We have always had strong politicians at the top: Strauss, Stoiber, Seehofer.
But it was always clear that no one was the CSU alone.
But always the head of a broad team.
That has to be made clear, ”said Weber.
In the federal election, the CSU in Bavaria had only 31.7 percent, the worst result in decades.
The Union was only the second strongest force.
The exploratory talks, possibly coalition talks, are therefore currently being conducted by others.
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