CDU is looking for a successor to Laschet: A completely new leadership model is also up for debate

The CDU holds its district chairperson conference.

The course for personnel is also set - and a new management model is discussed.

• On Saturday (October 30th) the CDU's conference of district chairmen is on the program.

• The future procedure for the election of the new CDU leader is discussed.

  (Still) party chairman Armin Laschet * heads the KVK.

• Within the CDU there are also considerations regarding a dual leadership.

• This KVK news ticker is continuously updated.

Berlin - 24.9 percent as the worst union result so far in a federal election, the resulting threat of going into the opposition and a party leader that can no longer be held: The CDU is facing some problems.

At a district chairperson's conference on Saturday (October 30th), the focus will therefore be on coming to terms with the election debacle.

However, the path to realigning the staff should also be discussed.

What does that mean for Armin Laschet?

CDU: Party wants to initiate a new beginning with district chairmen's conference

The total of 326 CDU district chairmen come together for an exchange. They cannot decide anything in concrete terms. Means: No personnel decisions will be made on Saturday. The conference of district chairpersons can, however, set the pace for further action. It continues on Tuesday, when the CDU bodies formally make a decision. Meanwhile, there are strong efforts at the grassroots level for a membership vote. In the case of the chancellor question, the CDU leadership refrained from making this decision - and opted for Laschet as candidate for chancellor.

With regard to the future personnel orientation, the KVK deals with the following questions: Should the new chairman be determined by a member's decision?

And should a dual leadership of men and women lead the party in the future?

According to the CDU party statute, the election of the chairman is reserved for a party congress.

A member survey could only precede a party congress, which then makes a decision.

And what about a possible dual leadership?

There are different views on this within the Christian Democrats.

CDU: Considerations regarding dual leadership - where are the women?

Norbert Röttgen, a candidate for the CDU chairmanship, does not believe in dual leadership. "Above all, the CDU now needs clear leadership, which is made more difficult by a dual leadership," he told the newspapers of the Funke media group. The deputy CDU federal and Rhineland-Palatinate state chairwoman Julia Klöckner spoke out in front of the KVK in favor of membership participation, but also stated: "Our district chairmen are skeptical about the question of a dual leadership in the federal party."

The new Bundestag Vice-President of the Union, Yvonne Magwas, meanwhile pleaded not to exclude a dual leadership from the outset. "My concern is: Let's just discuss this issue openly without rejecting it right away," said the CDU politician in Berlin. “There are also advantages of dual leadership. As a party, you make an offer to the voters, to the citizens. And from my point of view, the offer at the Union can be a bit broader than it may have been in the past. "

Is dual leadership even conceivable? The calls for an occupation like that of the SPD and the Greens have recently been louder - and came in particular from CDU women. The fact is: After the federal election *, the CDU spoke of renewal almost like a prayer wheel. Five men from North Rhine-Westphalia known within the party are now being acted as new chairmen. New faces? Barely available*.

Overall, it is questionable whether the - still rather quiet - voices will prevail in terms of dual leadership.

In contrast to left-wing parties, the Union is simply not in the tradition of double occupations.

There is also a lack of (prominent) femininity within the Union.

Angela Merkel * will soon no longer be Federal Chancellor, Ursula von der Leyen has migrated to Brussels and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wants to retire.

Julia Klöckner has also made hints that she does not want to be in the front row.

Who is there left?

CDU boss: Friedrich Merz sees the survey in front

Incidentally, Armin Laschet will lead the conference as the current party chairman. The candidate for chancellor had declared a kind of resignation in October *. He spoke of a new start in terms of personnel, but wants to stay to moderate it. A decision on the future CDU leadership is expected at the approaching party congress (planned for the beginning of 2022 at the latest). Some names are already being traded as Laschet successors.

According to a survey, citizens consider Friedrich Merz to be the most suitable candidate for the CDU chairmanship *.

23 percent trust the economic politician to take office, 19 percent consider the foreign politician Norbert Röttgen to be the most suitable.

11 percent are in favor of the managing health minister Jens Spahn, 6 percent for parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus, 5 percent for the economic politician Carsten Linnemann, as Infratest dimap determined in the “Deutschlandtrend” for the ARD “Morgenmagazin” (Friday).

With the Union supporters, Merz is therefore even more clearly ahead with 36 percent.

The economic expert is the favorite in the race *, but nothing has been decided yet.