You successfully fought for this Armin Raschelt The coalition’s candidate for prime minister. From today’s point of view, is this a good idea, Mr. Bouffier?
Yes. I have known him for a long time. In short: Armin Laschet can become prime minister.
Why?
It comes from three Principal candidate The only one is the head of the government of a major country. This will have an impact on whether you can prove that you can lead a country and unite an alliance with great success.
First, he must become prime minister. Is Raschelt a good candidate?
We don’t have to ignore it: we imagine everything a bit differently. The union election campaign went smoothly until mid-July. Then the tide came. The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, who is also the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, requests this from morning to night. Weeks.Next to it is a political campaign Only within a limited range. In addition, pictures like what we have seen are of no avail. But now we finally need to talk about content, not laughter, resume or a book. By the way, it is not a candidate for prime minister, but a political party.
Not only did the prime minister’s candidates score poorly in the polls, but so was the league.
I cannot see that the EU has been rejected in principle. However, we have to admit: Mr. Scholz has done a good job, his party, Social Democratic Party, Hide. But whoever voted for the Social Democratic Party will be supported by the entire party: Ms. Esken, Mr. Kühnert and anyone else. They represent Germany’s political shift to the left. If we succeed in showing that the alliance or the left-wing alliance with the Social Democratic Party will determine the direction of the government, then we are likely to achieve substantial results. I have no illusions: this will be an uphill battle, but we will fight.
You said that the flood distracted Rashet from the campaign. In 2002 Gerhard Schroeder Turned the flood in East Germany into a campaign that helped him a lot.
The situation was different then. Trying to remake the Schroeder campaign and parade in rubber boots will not work. On the other hand, Armin Laschet did everything he could to help people in flooded areas.
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If you say that the issue should be discussed in the end, is it not a problem whether your competitors are concerned about the same major issues as the alliance, especially climate policy?
We must figure out the difference in this matter. Armin Laschet rightly said that in all climate protection measures, Germany must ensure that it remains a strong industrialized country. We must combine the necessary reduction of harmful emissions with new economic growth and employment. This is not a priority for the Green Party, and I also have questions about the Social Democratic Party. The Social Democratic Party is planning to increase taxes more or less nationwide. Introduce wealth tax and increase inheritance tax. We think this is wrong. Of course, this hits those who we expect to actively contribute from the economic crisis that led to the pandemic.
Why is it impossible to make this difference a big issue for election campaigns?
You are right: the substantial differences between us and the other parties have not yet become very clear.
Why doesn’t the alliance have the courage to say: We want to cut taxes, but most of them are opposed to tax increases?
We said that we do not want to increase taxes, and we want to abolish the solidarity surcharge altogether. We also hope to cut taxes for families, especially those with children. Therefore, we will not cancel the family division. Child allowance will increase. This is a major tax cut measure. By the way, when the alliance rules, the country usually performs well. The past 16 years have proved this.
Armin Laschet, as the prime minister of a major coal-fired country, played an important role in withdrawing from coal-fired power generation. Why can’t he score in the climate policy dispute?
