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The CDU federal party conference in Stuttgart scheduled for December 4 has been postponed. According to information from Reuters and the dpa from party circles, the CDU Presidium voted unanimously on Monday in favor of a proposal by party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, in view of Corona’s situation, that it would not decide until January 16 if there would be a party congress with 1001 delegates. can take place.
If the situation is still unmanageable, you have to decide against a physical party congress and think about digital formats with subsequent voting by mail. However, from an organizational point of view, this is considered difficult. The option of holding the party congress in various venues with smaller groups of delegates had been rejected due to legal concerns.
Now the federal executive of the CDU has to decide how to proceed in the federal congress of the party in which the new president of the CDU will be elected. After the unanimous vote of the presidium, the approval of the federal executive board is awaited, the party said.
Previously, differing views on how to proceed had clashed. North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet, former Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz and foreign expert Norbert Röttgen are running for the party presidency, which will be elected by the party congress.
Laschet said Sunday night on ARD “Anne Will” that her position was clear. “I think that at a time like this when people are expected to stop attending events, it is no longer possible to stop leaving home so that we can hold a party congress with 1000 people.
Merz lobbied for a party conference in December
So far, Merz has insisted on clarifying the open management issue this year. “Even if a presence party conference will be difficult under current conditions, I am and remain of the opinion that the CDU will have to clarify the issue of open leadership this year,” he said. “A digital conference of the party on December 4 is as possible as a decision of the president of the CDU by postal vote.” In the CDU, it was speculated that Merz was also urging a quick decision because in polls on the CDU presidency he is currently clearly ahead of Laschet and Röttgen.
Now it is also clear: with the decision to postpone the party convention, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will remain president of the CDU until 2021. The elections to the Bundestag will be held in autumn. The future leader of the CDU will have great chances to run for chancellor of the Union parties.
