Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Friedrich Merz and Jens Spahn. A will inherit the CDU leader, Angela Merkel, in December. What can you expect in terms of USA, Russia and refugee policy?
The relationship to the United States / President of the Trump
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is, so far, with Comments on foreign policy, not particularly noticed. As a citizen of Saarland is a quasi-natural France expert, but their America-Expertise is capable of expansion. After all, she has visited as the CDU Secretary-General of the USA, spoke at the annual meeting of U.S. governors and visited a BMW factory. A beginning, not more. The American media it is called “Mini-Merkel”. As a sensitive, intelligent woman, she will be no friend of Raubauz Trump.
As Chairman of the US-friendly organization “Atlantik-Brücke” Friedrich Merz very good contacts to North America and a generally positive relationship to the United States. For him, the transatlantic partnership is one of the most important pillars of German foreign policy. In the case of trump’s threats with punitive tariffs, but the fun for Merz to hear. Because as economic(trade)man, he rejects any kind of avoidable trade barriers.
Trumps favorite is likely to be Jens Spahn
Jens Spahn would probably be best with the protagonists of the Trump Administration. The Trumpisten are already early to the young, to investigate Cross-Merkel-thinker’s attention. The man with the rebel image of met as one of the first with the new U.S. Ambassador in Berlin, Richard Grenell, and was received a short time later, even in the White house, US national security adviser, John Bolton. Such an honour was as yet no German Minister of health. For Trump and co., a CDU-Chairman Spahn would be only the first step, they hope to have a Chancellor Spahn.
The relationship to Russia / President Putin
Russia is Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer so far a book with seven seals. But it is likely that you have often talked with their Familiar Angela Merkel, an explicit Russia expert, via the seedy-in-chief in the Kremlin. Everything has been about Russia, are repetitions of Merkel cher positions. You will enjoy Putin with caution because of its attack on the Ukraine, as Merkel. All you will do in terms of Russia, much like Merkel and otherwise stay out of it.
“The democracies of the West, the most important allies of Germany.” With this sentence , Friedrich Merz , on Thursday in Berlin, the capital of journalists. That means in reverse: The East description the quasi-democratic Russia, if at all, only in second place. Merz‘ priorities are so clear. As upgrade supporters and NATO-friend, he sees Russia as a natural strategic adversary, but a bit he is also a Putin-Versteher. So, Merz referred to the Russian President as a serious risk for the West, not without, it should be noted that the West did not take into account the sensibilities of Russia.
Great Putin’s friends there is not among the candidates
Similarly, predisposed Jens Spahn is Anchored in the West, critical of the East. He says rigid cases, as Merz, like this: “Look at Russia or the Islamist terrorist in our neighborhood, it is unsafe”. The SPD and the left party, he has on several occasions Putin-Versteherei accused without saying but, as because, from his point of view, the relation to Moscow should look like.
The ratio to Merkel’s refugee and migration policy
On the Merkel line is Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. She shares with Merkel’s Christian-humanitarian integration approach and has at the same time, all rowing activities of the government supported. Once you have noticed with your own idea. With its proposal for a General year of service for refugees, it was not, however, widespread criticism. With the phrase “In the refugee policy, a controversy arose, the effects of which can still be felt today”, analyzed the Dilemma of the Union, such as the Agenda 2010, the SPD. But a way out of the crisis, they are not showed so far.
An outspoken opponent of Merkel’s refugee policy , Friedrich Merz . As long as the influx of migrants remains as low as at the time, he sees little problems. He warns, but before “period of overload prevention and infiltration of fear” in the German population as well as crime developments, the “do not offer selectively, structurally,” a cause for concern. And he accuses the AfD, to increase the size of the Problem in the perception of the citizens artificially. Merz stands for many things, but not for a shift to the right on refugee policy.
Large differences in the evaluation of Merkel’s refugee policy
Anders Jens Spahn. Is not tired to criticise the Chancellor, among other things, for its attempt, the refugee policy from the election campaign as possible to stay out of this. To the Bild newspaper, he said: “The pious request not to talk more about the September 2015 easy to Empty. Our country still continue to experience an annual unordered, predominantly male immigration of the order of magnitude of cities such as Kassel.” Refugee policy continues to be the most important reason for the loss of confidence in the CDU. So loud and clear that no one in the CDU says. Spahn, CDU-chief, Merkel will have it very, very hard.