Who will take over the chairmanship of the CDU?
Braun advocates “a fundamental new beginning” and wants to score with promises.
Berlin / Munich - Who will take over the chairmanship of the CDU and thus succeed Armin Laschet?
The current head of the Chancellery, Helge Braun, sees himself in the race for the post at an advantage over his competitors Friedrich Merz * and Norbert Röttgen.
He justified this with his deep roots in the party: "I have been the district chairman in Hesse for 18 years. This experience will now be important in order to heal the break between leadership and the grassroots."
That is what Braun said in the new issue of
Spiegel
magazine
.
Who will take over the chairmanship of the CDU?
- Braun for "a fundamental new beginning"
"There is a lot of support for my position and my ideas for reforming the CDU," he said.
In the competition with Merz and Röttgen, he wanted to succeed Armin Laschet * with the promise to establish a new leadership culture in the party.
"The CDU needs a fundamental new beginning - in terms of content, organization and style."
Braun contradicted the impression that he was the representative of the outgoing Chancellor's camp.
"I'm Helge Braun and I've learned a lot from Angela Merkel," said the CDU politician.
The Union can be proud of the past 16 years in government, but now "a new era" begins.
The CDU must "completely reposition itself in its party work and in the opposition."
CDU chairmanship: Presentation to the party base - Merz makes the start
The three applicants for the CDU chairmanship will introduce themselves to the party base from next week. Merz kicks off in a video slot on Monday evening. This is followed by Röttgen on Wednesday and Braun on Thursday. On December 1st, all three will then answer questions from the CDU members together. Merz recently presented his team - two surprises are on board. *
After the historically poor result in the federal election, the CDU wants to have its new party chairman determined for the first time by its currently around 400,000 members.
After the vote of the base, Armin Laschet's successor is to be formally elected at a party congress on January 21st and 22nd in Hanover.
The application deadline for the top position was Wednesday (November 17th).
Incidentally, a woman also wanted to run for the post - but she was not allowed to.
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