The Union in the survey cellar, Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (60) badly damaged – six weeks before the federal election, the Union is deeply in crisis!
In the BILD talk “The Right Questions”, CSU boss Markus Söder (54) called for more attacks from the CDU and Laschet! The meeting of the CDU leadership planned for today is taking place before a “very serious situation”, according to Söder: “You can’t say that everything is going perfectly. We have to roll up our sleeves now. “
On the question of the candidate for chancellor, the Union currently has “no outstanding lead”, criticized Söder. The Union is therefore also dependent on a strong CSU: “If we were to factor out the Bavarian result, the Union would be significantly different from 23 or 25 percent.”
That is why he will continue to be “committed” to the Laschet election campaign. Söder: “And that doesn’t mean that I’m quiet and quiet …”
Would a change of candidate still be possible at short notice? Should the Union rely on Markus Söder instead of Armin Laschet?
Suddenly Söder becomes ambiguous: “The fair has actually been read there.” Actually …
But the CSU boss does not want to go into depth, instead says: The chance of his candidacy only existed “months ago”. “Volker Bouffier, Wolfgang Schäuble and others should have spoken out in favor of it. But now the decision has been made. “
Nevertheless, Söder emphasized that “there are still people who say: We would have liked that better” if he had become a candidate for Chancellor instead of Laschet.
BUT, so the CSU boss: “It’s no use. The ballot papers are printed, the posters are glued. It’s decided. ”Now, with Laschet at the helm,“ we have to work together and fight ”.
► On the situation in Afghanistan, Söder called for special meetings of NATO and the EU: “The completely surprising withdrawal of the Americans is of course the main cause of the situation.” especially in NATO ”. The “helplessness” of the West in relation to the advance of the Taliban on Kabul was “shocking”, according to Söder: “In the end, the balance sheet is devastating politically, strategically and militarily.”
► In view of the impending wave of refugees from Afghanistan, Söder sees the USA in particular as having an obligation: “We cannot absorb all of Afghanistan’s worries in Germany or Europe. The Americans are now primarily challenged, ”said Söder. “Flying out your own people, that won’t be enough this time!”
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