Bielefeld – Hendrik Wüst (46) is the new state chairman of the NRW CDU: The 656 delegates in the town hall elected him on Saturday with 98.3 percent to succeed Armin Laschet (60), who gave up the party office after 3402 days.
Wüst, who will also be elected prime minister next week, thanked him that he would pull himself out of the way to live up to this advance praise.
Previously, the still incumbent NRW Transport Minister Wüst had heated the party congress with a combative speech: “People, we lost the federal election. But we mustn’t also lose decency, behavior and demeanor! ”Politics lives not only from the right decisions, but also from the right way of dealing with one another.
His thanks to the outgoing Armin Laschet (60): “You would have had every reason to quit.” But Laschet remained true to himself, campaigned for a consensus, created unity.
Wüst recalled the state of internal security in North Rhine-Westphalia when the CDU won the 2017 election: Cologne New Year’s Eve, rocker crime, break-ins, Anis Amri – and the then interior minister carried out the speed camera marathon as the most important topic. Today the police in North Rhine-Westphalia know that they can rely on Interior Minister Herbert Reul (69).
Wüst: “This is exactly the path we are going to continue together.” His promise: “I want to get started!”
And Armin Laschet? With his last speech at the party congress he had a relaxed and combative appearance. The complaints of some about the alleged “greatest crisis of the CDU since 1945” do not necessarily have an inspiring effect on the voters.
The CDU’s party donation affair was certainly worse for the substance of the party than it was two or three percent behind. Unity and friendship are the order of the day until the state elections in May 2022.
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His message: “Keep your social heart, keep an eye on the little people. We don’t want voters from the AfD. We lost 3.5 million voters to the Social Democrats because it wasn’t clear that we were taking the social issue seriously. Not only the economy, but also the social are part of the brand essence. “And:” Keep your heart for Europe. ”
Armin Laschet’s last speech as head of the NRW CDU – the 656 delegates thanked him with standing applause for five minutes.