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Saturday October 31, 2020
Was it the Merz wedge or the public warning from the party leader Kramp-Karrenbauer? The three contenders for the CDU presidency have now agreed that the party’s new leadership will be elected in January, either at a face-to-face party conference or digitally.
The new leadership of the CDU will be elected in mid-January. Applicants Armin Laschet, Friedrich Merz and Norbert Röttgen agreed “after intensive consultation”, as announced by the party’s secretary general, Paul Ziemiak. Now the federal executive will be asked to schedule a meeting of delegates. Party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer also participated in the meeting.
At the same time, Merz, Laschet and Röttgen had decided “to postpone the discussion on the party presidency scheduled for Tuesday due to the current situation in Corona,” Ziemiak said. The appointment must be made “well in advance of the party congress.” The three candidates had agreed on various formats to be able to answer questions from party members. Ziemiak spoke of a strong signal of agreement that this agreement would send. Merz called the deal a good compromise.
Regarding procedure, Ziemiak said that all three preferred a party conference with a central presence. “If that and a party conference with a decentralized presence were not possible, they advocate an online party conference with digital election of the federal executive committee.” The federal executive committee will discuss the exact details on December 14.
Only at the beginning of the week did the CDU leadership decide to postpone the party congress scheduled for December, at which a new president would be elected. It was already the second rejection after a first delegate meeting for April was canceled due to Corona.
Following the recent rejection, former parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz spoke almost immediately of an action by the party establishment against him, the sole aim of which was to give his competitor Laschet time for better polls and prevent him from becoming the new leader of the party. the CDU. The still leader of the Kramp-Karrenbauer party had publicly called Merz and NRW Prime Minister Laschet to order in a “Spiegel” interview today, but without naming names.
After the rejection, however, there was an increase in voices calling for a quick election. The new party leader has the best chance of leading the Union as the top candidate in next year’s federal election campaign.
