The parliamentary group leader of the CDU and CSU in the Bundestag goes to court after the election disaster with his own party.
The debate at the Junge Union's Germany Day will be followed by an open debate.
There is not only applause from the delegates.
Münster - CDU / CSU parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus has called on the Union to unity after the defeat in the federal election. "We have to change how we work together," said the CDU politician at the Junge Union's Germany Day on Sunday in Münster. Loyalty and solidarity should be the focus again. Brinkhaus referred as a positive example in the election campaign to the SPD, which stood like a bloc and was successful without content. "After an event like the one on September 26, you can't just ignore normality and go on like that," said Brinkhaus. He described the historically worst result in a federal election as "devastating".
“The people didn't want our top candidate to become Federal Chancellor.
I am sorry for Armin Laschet.
He's a good Prime Minister in North Rhine-Westphalia and a decent person. ”Brinkhaus emphasized that he didn't duck back after the defeat and took responsibility.
Laschet had assumed sole responsibility for the historically poor performance of the Union with only 24.1 percent at the Junge Union on Saturday.
CSU boss Markus Söder had canceled his appearance at the Union's offspring.
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Brinkhaus expressly thanked the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel for 16 years as Chancellor.
The CDU politician said he had crossed over with Merkel several times, as was the case with the issue of migration.
But: “Germany has been governed better than most other countries in the world over the past 16 years.
Thank you very much for that and for your commitment. ”At the same time, he pointed out that in future the Union should no longer be dependent on just one person.
It is important that the Union is perceived as a team.
Brinkhaus called on the party to be confident.
“You can fall down, but now the point is to get up again.
We lost an election, but we shouldn't lose our pride.
I will not crawl into the plenary hall, ”said the CDU / CSU parliamentary group leader.
With reference to indiscretions from internal meetings, he sharply attacked party friends.
“It's a question of attitude.
Internal matters must remain internal, ”said the group chairman.
Those who do not have the attitude that the political opponent is not in their own party cannot go with them on the way back to the Chancellery.
In the discussion that followed, Brinkhaus attracted the displeasure of the Junge Union.
A delegate had asked him for his opinion on what the search for a new party leader should look like.
The CDU politician did not want to commit himself and compared the questioner to a journalist.
The JU chairman Tilman Kuban joined the discussion and criticized Brinkhaus for the statement.
The guest stayed with them and referred to his moderating role in the parliamentary group.
In addition to economic expert Friedrich Merz, health minister Jens Spahn, foreign politician Norbert Röttgen and economic politician Carsten Linnemann, Brinkhaus is considered a possible candidate for the CDU leadership and thus as the successor to party leader Laschet.
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