After the poor performance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in the elections in the East have the potential to succeed not save in the party with criticism. A referred to Merkel’s government as “bad”.
Angela Merkel does not want to run again for the Chancellery. But who comes after her?
Two women are there, who are just at the top of the Conservative Angela Merkel as Yet-Chancellor and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as CDU Chairman. But behind the Scenes it thrashed around violently – and not only there. A squad of men prepared for the battle for the chancellorship. And shoots sharp. Especially against the Chancellor.
Angela Merkel’s CDU was slipped on Sunday in elections in the Eastern German state of Thuringia on the third place. The Left and the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) had both of them can convince more voters by themselves.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer doesn’t sound very happy after the election. She speaks of a “bitter day for the CDU” and white at the same time, that the day could have dire consequences for you as a party leader and potential Merkel successor -. The electoral defeat brings to their already shaky chair further into the Wobble.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is trying to make a name for himself as a defence Minister
Since then, Angela Merkel had announced, the party Chairman of the CDU and to want to be in the next Bundestag elections in 2021 not to compete, has begun the fight for succession in the party.
Although Merkel’s request, a candidate secured Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer at the CDU party conference last year, just short of the presidency, unchallenged, but it is not. And their competitors, many critics of its promoter Merkel, already pawing at the bit.
A step to the right, please
Not a few in the party to criticise the fact that Angela Merkel has moved the CDU in 14 years to the left. You can rely on a clearly conservative profile as a recipe for success against the growing right-wing populists of the AfD. The party reiterated not only in the elections in Thuringia, but also in two other elections in East Germany, the second most votes. For many, Friedrich Merz, a friend of the Merkel-adversary, is regarded as the figurehead and hopes in this regard.
The winner and the Loser: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and Friedrich Merz, after the election at the CDU party chairmanship in December 2018
Although he lost the election to the party presidency against Kramp-karrenbauer, and at the Moment no political office holding, he involved himself very actively in the internal political debate in the CDU. After the Thuringia election, he described in an Interview with the German TV channel ZDF, the German Federal government as “bad”. The poor performance of his party, Angela Merkel, is pushing it, especially in the shoes. He blames “lack of leadership” and says openly that he could not imagine that this type of governance would last for two years.
Kramp-Karrenbauer, Friedrich Merz does not attack directly, but admits that at the CDU party Congress in November, could the cards are shuffled again.
Kramp-Karrenbauer offers adversaries the forehead
One of the – it seems – would see Merz to the top, is Tilman Kuban, the Chairman of the young Conservatives. The Young Union (JU) to determine in a primary, the new Chancellor candidate. Even if the JU emphasized, to allow the members more, many see the step as an Affront to Kramp-Karrenbauer, the – would no longer be the primary a result of-proposal – as the party Chairman automatically as a candidate.
Critical? JU-chief Tilman Kuban with the CDU Chairman, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
Kuban was also introduced directly after the Thuringia election in the Federal Executive of the CDU, “the leadership question is,” as Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer even told before the press. Your comment: “Whoever thinks, that the question must now be, in this autumn, decided that the Federal Congress the opportunity to do so.” Even if your chair could get up there even further into the Shake To Give up on Kramp does not seem to think karrenbauer, even after this electoral defeat.