Lars Klingbeil criticizes Armin Laschet: “Not suitable for chancellors”

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SPD-General Secretary Lars Klingbeil has the crisis management of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and potential candidate for Union chancellor Armin Laschet (CDU) sharply criticized in the corona pandemic. “Hardly anyone has caused as much insecurity among people in this crisis as Armin Laschet,” said Klingbeil to the “Passauer Neue Presse”.

He had repeatedly questioned agreements between the federal and state governments and had advanced in terms of easing. After the Corona outbreak at the Tönnies slaughterhouse, however, he “reacted far too timidly and slowly”.

Laschet had shown in the past few weeks that he did not master crisis management. “And he showed that he is not suitable for chancellor. These shoes are much too big for him.”

The Christian Democrats want to clarify the successor to the outgoing party leader Kramp-Karrenbauer at a party conference at the end of the year. In addition to Armin Laschet, the economic politicians are considered promising applicants Friedrich Merz and the foreign politician Norbert Röttgen. Then with the CSU be advised on a common candidate for chancellor.

When asked whether to the Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz Klingbeil said that there was another way to go as a candidate for the Chancellor of the SPD: the two party leaders would come up with a proposal for the next few months Chancellor candidacy do. “We are currently concentrating on leading our country out of the crisis. And crisis management from Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz is impressive. “

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