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Merkel has no one to whom to leave the country and the party to
Angela Merkel’s party hit record lows in two key regions in Germany’s local elections.
Angela Merkel leaves the post of Federal Chancellor of Germany in September 2021 after 16 years at the helm of the country. New parliamentary elections are scheduled for September in the country, in which the new leader will lead Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party.
All the elections currently taking place on German soil are viewed precisely through the prism of future Bundestag elections. On March 14, the Chancellor’s party failed in local elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.
Important lands
Baden-Württemberg is the third largest region and the second most populous in the country. It is in this region that the headquarters of engineering giants such as Porsche, Bosch, Mercedez-Benz and Daimler AG are located.
Traditionally, the residents of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate actively voted for the Merkel party. But in the March 14 elections, the CDU won only a quarter of the vote, losing to the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg and the Social Democratic Party of Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Reasons for defeat
Experts explain the low CDU indicators by the fact that if, after the first wave of the pandemic, the Germans considered the government’s actions effective, now, in the context of an increase in new infections and slow vaccines, they are disappointed. in federal authorities.
In addition, several deputies from the CDU party were involved in a corruption scandal: they received large commissions from government contracts for the purchase of medical masks.
As a result, in Baden-Württemberg, to restore confidence in the party, all the CDU deputies signed a statement confirming that none of them received any financial benefits associated with fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
New leader
The local elections were mainly to answer the question of how the change in the party leader influenced the CDU’s ratings: two months ago, Armin Laschet, close to Angela Merkel, was elected as the new party leader.
The failed elections are not in Lachette’s favor. The drop in ratings may be the result of a fierce confrontation between Lashet and CSU leader Markus Zeder over the question of determining a single candidate for the post of chancellor.
The CDU promises to finally decide on a candidate for chancellor at the end of May. Outgoing Angela Merkel remains popular in society, but there are already questions for her successors.
