Chief question: CDU plans special party conference on April 25 – politics

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Hamburg election evening “a bitter evening”

Kramp-Karrenbauer also emphasized that the election evening in Hamburg was “a bitter evening”. The federal political debates have created difficult conditions, says Kramp-Karrenbauer. She said that she had several interviews regarding her successor candidates. That has nothing to do with back rooms.

The morning before the Presidium meeting, Kramp-Karrenbauer had met with a very close management group, among other things from their deputies, for advice at the party headquarters. Among others, NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet took part, who is considered a possible candidate alongside ex-Union faction leader Friedrich Merz, Jens Spahn and former Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen. So far, Röttgen has registered his candidacy. He and Merz are not members of the CDU top bodies. All favorites traded so far belong to the North Rhine-Westphalian CDU state association.

The deliberations also dealt with the question of how to position yourself in the future with the AfD. On Monday, Kramp-Karrenbauer emphasized that no cooperation was possible with the AfD in Hanau. “The federal party has a clear demarcation relationship to the AfD.”

The CDU leadership also ordered leading CDU politicians from Thuringia to speak on Monday after the disaster in the Mayoral election in Hamburg. In addition to State Secretary Mike Mohring, who is a member of the Party Presidium, Deputy Country Chairman Mario Voigt and Secretary General Raymond Walk also attended the meetings of the top bodies. According to dpa information, Voigt and Walk were specially summoned to the consultations to discuss how to proceed in Thuringia.