FRiedrich Merz hopes to rebuild the leadership of the CDU. People already knew that he wanted to be chairman, and he confirmed this at a press conference at the Estrel Hotel in Berlin on Tuesday afternoon. But he wants to amend the constitution so that the general secretary has a deputy in the future. Specifically, Merz is planning with a deputy. He immediately brought her. It was Christina Sturmp from Baden-Württemberg, the newly elected member of the Bundestag.Former Berlin health senator will serve as general secretary Mario Chaya will. Meltz said he indicated that he “can run.” There is a good argument for this: Czaja directly won his East Berlin constituency, which has long been controlled by the Left Party.
With these two personal details, Merz has set an example in many ways. Stump celebrated her 34th birthday on Tuesday, her son is 1 year old, Czaja is 46 years old, and talked about his 8-year-old child. Melz said that “young mind” is not a matter of your birth date, but he also reminds you that he will turn 70 in the next federal election.To those young voters who regularly participate in federal elections Liberal Democratic Party And Greens has voted back, he needs young comrades in the party’s senior comrades.
At the same time, Stumpp is a signal that there are more women in the party. As for this issue, at the press conference on Tuesday, the differences became apparent. Stumpp is skeptical of quotas. Merz calls it a “second best solution.” He will not ignore this, but he prefers a better solution. On the other hand, Czaja is open to quotas.
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From a regional perspective, the presidential candidate from North Rhine-Westphalia and his two comrades-in-arms covered a wide area, and with Czaja sent a signal to East Germany.These three should be at the top CDU The election will be an accusation that the party has only people from North Rhine-Westphalia at the top, at least initially weakened. It is the third time in three years that Melz has tried to serve as chairman. He also introduced other personal details. If Silvia Breher, the current Vice-Chairman of the CDU runs for office again, if Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Education Karin Prien joins, if Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer and SME Chairman join, he will support it to join Carsten. Carsten Linnemann will succeed. Linnemann and Merz will give heavy weight to the economic sector in the leadership of the party. Czaja belongs to the employees, but some weight must be developed to balance these two heavyweights.
“No right shift, no axis shift”
On Tuesday, Melz took the initiative to answer two frequently asked questions. If he is elected, this does not mean that the CDU “moves to the right without moving its axis.” Again, this is not a preliminary decision for the 2025 federal election. He was referring to running for prime minister. However, he did not rule out any other attempts to become the chairman of the parliamentary group. Instead, he avoids ambiguity.
The competition faced by Merz has also changed. Like Merz, the foreign politician Norbert Röttgen received the necessary support from the associations in his area to win candidacy. In Berlin last weekend, he made his request as a candidate before the federal press conference, without any official support from the Rhine-Ziger Regional Association.
The unexpected third applicant, the Minister of the Chancellery, Helge Braun, had been sent by his Giessen Regional Association to participate in the election before the weekend, but he has not yet looked for a big application platform in Berlin. The application period for the CDU presidential election will end on Wednesday. The candidates then have the opportunity to introduce themselves to members of the CDU, and the party headquarters will provide assistance.
