DHe is a member of the Bundestag Norbert Rotgen Want to become the new CDU chairman. The 56-year-old foreign policy expert announced his candidacy to succeed the party leader Armin Laschet in Berlin on Friday. The former environment minister said in Berlin on Friday that he “firmly believes that nothing will happen again” and that he can bring “content updates” to the CDU. In January, Rotgen’s first election for party chairman failed: at the Federal Party Congress, he lost to Armin Laschet and Friedrich Meyer in the first round of voting. (Friedrich Merz).
Rotgen announced that if elected, he will nominate Franziska Hoppenstedt, a 39-year-old member of the Bundestag from Hamburg, to serve as Secretary-General. Rotgen said: “She is a person who is competent in this outstanding position in terms of intelligence, organization and communication.”
He believes that his most important task is to maintain the status of the CDU as a people’s party. “The center is where the CDU is located,” Rotgen said. “This position must be expressed as the chairman.” The most important thing is that the CDU must “bring back the votes in the middle.”
The application period for the candidate of the CDU chairmanship will last until next Wednesday. For this, you need the support of a regional or regional association.
The Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office Helge Braun (Helge Braun) has determined that he is the candidate; He will be formally nominated by his hometown regional association Gießen on Friday night. Another possible candidate is Merz, who has been receiving attention so far.
The decision on the membership of the candidates will be made in December. If no candidate obtains an absolute majority, a decisive vote is planned. The new party leader will be formally elected at the party congress in Hanover from January 21st to 22nd.
