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Who is campaigning for the Union as a candidate for chancellor? According to the new leader of the CDU, Laschet, this question does not arise at this time. On the ARD broadcast Show your colors He also commented on the lower candidate Merz.
The new president of the CDU, Armin Laschet, does not yet want to commit to a candidate for chancellor. On the ARD broadcast Show your colors He said it was crucial that the Union vote as one. “We have agreed that we will do it in the spring,” Laschet said. Soon he will meet with the head of CSU, Markus Söder. “Then we will surely make a good joint proposal.”
According to Laschet, the Union will not make its decision dependent on the polls. “I don’t think the polls decide who wins.” What matters is which is the best alignment.
When it came to the question of whether the CDU president had to run for chancellor at the same time, the NRW prime minister kept a low profile: “The history of the CDU has been mostly successful, even if the president of the CDU was ready to run for chancellor, “Laschet said, he added. but add immediately: it has an open ending in conversations.
Laschet: Cabinet shakeup is not a problem
To Friedrich Merz, the defeated candidate in the race for the party presidency, Laschet said: “I would have liked him to go to the presidium. He made a different decision, that’s fine.” One will talk in the coming weeks what role it could play. “The fact is, I value it, but reorganizing the cabinet was not a problem.”
Laschet does not want to distance himself from Chancellor Angela Merkel: “I don’t think you have to.” After the crown pandemic, the main economic tasks would have to be mastered. These have nothing to do with the chancellery of the last 16 years.
