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After Laschet’s election as party leader, there were no signs of optimism in the CDU. But his path should be the most promising at the moment.
Innsbruck (OTS) – The CDU was right not to name Friedrich Merz as its president; again, no. Even if it is anything but certain that Armin Laschet will defend his claim to leadership in Germany for his party in the autumn elections:
The words of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia yesterday were pleasantly conciliatory at a time when populists are successfully sowing hatred and discord.
Laschet may also have benefited from the pandemic, in which people yearn for safety and the tested. Delegates know that Corona won’t be the last crisis, so most of the government’s experience was worth something. The strength of the nearly 60-year-old man is his capacity for commitment, and with it his role model, Angela Merkel, had many years of success. But his ace up his sleeve is that he can play as a team. And to awaken the CDU from its slumber, in which the party has long been dominated by Merkel, it will have to motivate everyone to play together. Norbert Röttgen, who campaigned for more future competition in the match, will help him. Laschet is advised to really get him involved. Merz, on the other hand, opened a new gap in the match shortly after the loss. He offered the newly elected party leader to become finance minister in Merkel’s government on the spot. The chancellor rejected it immediately. This also made clear where power in the CDU will remain until next fall: Merkel. Seen this way, from now on it is the greatest risk of failure for Laschet and less that of Söder, although it could snatch his candidacy for chancellor. And political competitors already know that it would have been easier for them with a Merz to rob the voters of the CDU from the center.
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