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According to information from SPIEGEL, Friedrich Merz threatened a public escalation in the circle of the closest leadership of the CDU, which on Sunday discussed the planning of the party’s convention with the candidates for president. According to the participants, he announced this in case the party congress was further delayed.
From the group it is said that Merz said: Then there will be “icy air”. Other participants report that the CDU politician said: Then there will be “leaded air.”
Merz wants to become the leader of the party as does the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, and the foreign policy specialist Norbert Röttgen. In the course of the party’s closest leadership round with the three candidates for successors to CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, an agreement was reached on Sunday to cancel the party’s conference scheduled for December 4. in Stuttgart. Furthermore, no agreement could be reached on further planning.
The following day, candidate Merz massively attacked parts of the party leadership in several interviews. Among other things, he said Monday that there was an action in the CDU to “prevent Merz.”
The decision to postpone the party congress continues to cause considerable unrest in the CDU. The top candidate of the Baden-Württemberg CDU for the March 2021 state elections, Susanne Eisenmann, attacked the party leadership for the rejection and demanded that the decision be quickly reviewed.
“Canceling a party congress without presenting an alternative does not show leadership or general vision,” Eisenmann told SPIEGEL. “We don’t really need staff fights until spring.”
Therefore, the decision needs to be reviewed: “We need the decision on the presidency no later than January 16, be it digital or hybrid or whatever.”
