Hope dies last. Despite increasing criticism of the CDU leader and candidate for Chancellor Armin Laschet (60), the party leadership is still fighting for a Jamaica coalition with the Greens and the FDP.
CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak (36) told BILD on Sunday: “We are going into talks with the FDP and the Greens with a great sense of responsibility. We want to make our contribution in a new future alliance to create something new for our country. “
But it is more than questionable whether Laschet still has a future in the CDU. His possible chancellorship hangs by the thread of the FDP. If the traffic light works, Laschet is gone. The Greens prefer Olaf Scholz (63) in the Chancellery anyway.
Formerly unthinkable in the “Chancellor’s Electoral Association”: A reorganization is openly discussed. “There must be a federal party congress for this, no later than January,” said party vice-president Jens Spahn (41) of WELT am SONNTAG. “Nobody can deny that mistakes were made in the election campaign and that our top candidate did not draw properly. That alone cost a lot of percent. “
Influential members of the Bundestag Carsten Linnemann (44) and Christian von Stetten (51) from the economic wing are pushing for a member vote on a new party leadership should the Jamaica explorations fail.
In a basic election, Friedrich Merz (65) would apply again for the party chairmanship, BILD revealed.
Norbert Röttgen (56), in turn, criticized Laschet’s nomination in the “Tagesspiegel”: “We should learn that important personnel issues such as a candidate for chancellor cannot be pushed through with a committee majority – against the majority of MPs, members and the public.”
And the CSU? Their boss Markus Söder (54) had analyzed on Tuesday: “The best chances of becoming Chancellor are currently Olaf Scholz – clearly.”
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