Merz explained his candidacy at the meeting, according to a press release. He was quoted as saying: “I would like to thank the members of my district executive for the nomination and apply again for the office of chairman of the CDU in Germany.” have encouraged this candidacy ”. On this Tuesday afternoon he will present “my part of the new CDU leadership team that is applying with me in Berlin“, Said Merz.
The application deadline for further candidates for the successor of the chairman Armin Laschet, who failed after less than a year, runs until 6 p.m. this Wednesday. Then proposals must be submitted in writing to the CDU federal office.
Merz is not only in pole position for his supporters for the first round of the member survey, which should last until December 16. Even critics suspect that he is likely to be in the lead among members who are more than 60 years old on average – also because of his level of awareness. Merz is likely to be chosen primarily by those who, after the Merkel years of the political center, long for a return to conservative core values of the party. In his earlier applications, he usually had few supporters among women. You can hear a lot of fans in the CDU, Merz has with the conservatives and in the east of the country and also with the youngsters of the Junge Union and in the economic wing.