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Merz had said on “Bild Live” about a collaboration between a re-elected US president, Donald Trump, and a possible Chancellor Merz: “We would be fine.” Laschet now criticized such statements in an interview with RTL and ntv before the final result was announced.
“I think everyone should contain whoever they can get along with. Especially when the votes have not yet been counted,” Laschet said. He advised reacting wisely to the United States and “not putting our wishes in this election either.”
Laschet described Election Night as “another low point” after four years of Trump. The US president had “fed the idea” that “an election that does not win must be a false election,” Laschet added, warning: “It is important for a president to inform potential people who are upset that they may be willing to use violence, not overheated by their language. And a democratic transition, if Biden wins, is now the most important thing to look forward to here in Europe. ”
CDU is planning a party conference in January
The CDU wants to elect a new president at a party congress in January. The three applicants Laschet, Merz and foreign policy expert Norbert Röttgen had agreed to this after the cancellation of the party’s conference, which was initially scheduled for early December. If a face-to-face party conference is not possible in January, an online vote must be taken, which must then be confirmed by postal ballot.
More recently, the Junge Union held a digital electoral arena and allowed the party’s youth to vote for their preferred candidate. In the non-binding survey, Merz performed better with 51.6 percent. Röttgen came second with 27.9 percent, ahead of Laschet with 19.8 percent. However, turnout was low.
“If you translate that to the CDU, where the general mood is different, it shows that the CDU can do much more for me,” Röttgen said on RTL. “I think I can work very well with him at CDU and I have also noticed that the popularity is growing quite well,” said Röttgen.
The three candidates are expected to meet again on Friday evening at a CDU Saxony digital conference. Before that, Laschet and Merz are also expected to be speakers at the local political association CDU / CSU online congress “Shaping Structural Change.”
