The CDU is looking for a new chairman and successor to the failed Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet.
According to a survey, Friedrich Merz is clearly in the favor of party members.
Munich / Berlin - The CDU wants to reposition itself after the desolate federal election in 2021 *.
But: does she do that with veteran personalities?
A look back: On September 26, the Union had a historically bad result, with just 24.1 percent of the vote.
The SPD, on the other hand, landed at 25.7 percent and is currently negotiating a traffic light coalition with the Greens and FDP *.
CDU is looking for a new party chairman and successor to Armin Laschet
Meanwhile, the CDU and CSU are preparing to work as an opposition in the federal government. But: who will be the new chairman of the CDU? And with that the successor to the failed candidate for Chancellor Armin Laschet *? Friedrich Merz *, who is considered particularly conservative and, at 65, actually belongs to the older party establishment? “The election of the chairman in 2018 would have been different if Merz hadn't had a bad day at his party conference speech. He is someone who has the necessary "eggs" for the job of the chairman, should the post be filled by a man, "said CSU rebel Peter Gauweiler recently in an interview with
Münchner Merkur
*.
“I applied twice as party chairman in order to re-orient the party more strongly in terms of content and strategy.
But that's spilled milk.
It is like it is.
We are where we are, ”said Merz himself in an interview with the newspapers of the
Funke media group
.
He did not skimp on criticism of his own party.
In the video: CDU - Laschet rejects Merz criticism
The CDU * had become lazy to think, he said - and explained: “The Union has forgotten how to work on thematic issues.
This applies to their content orientation as well as to their presence with the topics and the people. ”With his clear announcements, Merz is obviously well received by the Union voters.
Friedrich Merz: Will the conservative politician be the new chairman of the CDU?
In a survey by the opinion research institute Civey for
t-online
, Union voters were asked who they would like to be the new chairman of the CDU.
Merz clearly leads with 43 percent, Norbert Röttgen follows in second place with 22 percent.
The deputy group chairman Carsten Linnemann comes to ten percent, the group chairman Ralph Brinkhaus to eight percent.
The managing health minister Jens Spahn, on the other hand, only ends up with two percent.
Will Friedrich Merz become the new CDU leader *?
The future party chairman will be determined on January 21 in Hanover - for the first time after a member survey.
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