Before Söder's visit to the party conference: the CDU and CSU want to finally bury the hatchet
Created: 09/09/2022, 20:13
By: Jens Kiffmeier
Pulling together: CDU party leader Friedrich Merz and CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt.
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Two parties, one soul again?
After their constant quarrel, the CDU and CSU like each other again, says Alexander Dobrindt.
Even Söder dares to go to the CDU party conference.
Hanover – Departure instead of irreconcilability: One year after the general election, the CDU and CSU want to demonstratively bury their old hatchet.
At the CDU federal party conference in Hanover, Alexander Dobrindt swears that peace has been regained between the sister parties.
"CDU and CSU are closer together than they have been for decades," said the Bavarian CSU regional group leader to
Merkur.de
from
IPPEN.MEDIA
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He works closely, trustingly and amicably with CDU leader Friedrich Merz.
"We are united by the will to keep the opposition period as short as possible and to quickly return the Union to government responsibility."
CDU party conference: Markus Söder as a guest in Hanover – Alexander Dobrindt conjures up party peace from the CSU and CDU
Since Friday, 1001 delegates have come together in Hanover for two days for the 35th federal party conference of the CDU.
After the defeat in the Bundestag elections last year, the party wants to adopt a new charter of fundamental values and initiate a process of renewal of content.
On Saturday, the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is expected to give a greeting.
Söder's visit to Hanover is particularly explosive.
Large parts of the CDU give the man from Bavaria a large part of the responsibility for the failure in the federal election because of his ongoing taunts against the then CDU leader and Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet.
With its historically worst result of 24.1 percent after 16 years in government of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), the Union fell into the opposition.
Federal party conference of the CDU in Hanover: Friedrich Merz declares the dispute with Söder over
But the CDU is not willing to wash old clothes.
Friedrich Merz emphasized this in his speech at the start of the party congress.
"We've put our quarrels behind us," he called out to delegates on Friday.
He had already met with Söder in January to discuss the mistakes made in the election campaign.
That's it, said Merz, and declared the conflict over.
He promised: "2021 will not be repeated."
