At the TV triall against the red-green duo Annalena Baerbock (40, Greens) and Olaf Scholz (63, SPD) would have CDU chief Armin Laschet (60) Problems of scoring points, especially when it comes to social issues – he avoided direct attacks against a slippery Scholz.
But after the meetings of the CDU presidium and federal executive committee, Laschet was really combative again.
He still wants to turn the thing!
▶ ︎ Laschet said: “I am firmly convinced that the Union will win this federal election. We are in a race to catch up. The race is open like never before. Almost one in four does not yet finally know which party they will vote for – that is why we want to convince people with our ideas everywhere on site in the next few days. One thing is clear: this federal election will be decided on election day. “
More than just pipes in the red-green forest? Apparently!
Because INSA’s new BILD election trend shows: at least a trend reversal is now here.
▶ ︎ FACT IS: The gap between the Union and the SPD continues to narrow, the two parties are only separated by three points. Because CDU / CSU (22 percent) gain one and a half percentage points, while the SPD (25 percent) loses one point.
INSA boss Hermann Binkert: “Both Armin Laschet and Olaf Scholz can become chancellors.”
▶ ︎ What also encourages Laschet: the surprising CDU election victory in the local elections in Lower Saxony just over a week ago. Because of the supposedly clear national trend, it was also expected that the SPD would be ahead.
Laschet said: “The last duel made it clear once again that this federal election is a directional decision. We have seen that red and green stand together and have similar ideas about economic and financial policy and internal security. And on the other side is the Union, which wants to promote economic growth, create jobs and ensure stability in Germany. “
HIS FINDING: “Red-green were close together. One could only have added the left, then Olaf Scholz’s new desired coalition would have become visible: red-red-green. “
Laschet is now focusing specifically on the East Germans in order to narrow the gap to the SPD, which is still just in the lead. Because, according to surveys, they are often still undecided who to choose.
“15-point program for equal living conditions in town and country as well as in East and West”
So Laschet presented a “15-point program for equal living conditions in town and country as well as in East and West” together with Saxony’s CDU Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (46).
IMPORTANT POINTS:
▶ ︎ Volunteers should be allowed to travel on buses and trains free of charge.
▶ ︎ In addition, the CDU wants to tackle the problem of the shortage of doctors in rural areas: 5000 additional study places for human medicine are to be created – but when the study places are allocated it should be clarified that the students will later work as rural doctors.
▶ The CDU also wants to locate more federal institutions in the east in order to strengthen the new federal states in terms of jobs: “In particular, we expect a high level of innovation and economic dynamism from two new large research institutions in the eastern German districts,” says the paper.
▶ ︎ Also planned: a new digital training facility for the Bundeswehr in the east.
Laschet said it was “astonishing” “that this issue of equal living conditions plays a minor role and the SPD and the Greens are concentrating on the metropolitan regions, the country is falling by the wayside. We also see ourselves as the party for rural areas in Germany. They carry our economic strength. “