Hard debate on CDU, Merkel's chair is also in danger

In the CDU “there is a great despair” over the coming years, says CDU youth chief Paul Ziemak, for the newspaper “Bild am Sonntag”. Chancellor Angela Merkel “should show courage and introduce critical voices” into the ministry. It's CDU's future as a popular party.

He wants the party leader to make it public in late February before the party congress decisions on appointments in the ministry, which with the coalition agreement, meet the CSU and CSU. “Embers must become public”, Ziemak says. Only in this way, according to him, the CDU can be introduced with a clean conscience into the new coalition with other parties.

Many Union politicians have criticised the division of ministries. The “party with only 20% of the vote”, The SPD, has received six ministries, including three very important ones. This has caused great disappointment at CDU. In particular, the loss of the finance ministry has triggered protests.

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This hurts a lot”, says Jens Spahn, a member of the CSU chairmanship, for the newspaper “Press am Sontag”. The fact is that without sacrificing this minister, there has been no chance of forming a coalition with the SPD party, but “the price is a beautiful high”, Spahn said. For the CDU it's a heavy hit. Minister Peter Altmayer relates this loss. The loss of this ministry, of course, represents loss because it has been a part of its identity”, he tells the newspaper “Welt am Sonntag”. On the other hand, The CDU will have the economy ministry, which has not had it for nearly 10 years. While the finance ministry, according to all likelihood, will be run by Olaf Scholz (SPD).

Chancellor Merkel's chair swing?

In addition to the debate over the loss of ministerial positions, rumours have recently been added that require the end of Chancellor Merkel's era. CDU MP Klaus-Peter Willsch has asked his party to prepare for the time after Chancellor Merkel. “We need to think about how we will now position ourselves after Chancellor”, Willsch told the newspaper “Rheinschen Post”.

Even more concrete was Secretary of State Spahn, who for the newspaper “Presse am Sonntag”, spoke of “the time after Chancellor Merkel”. CDU has good people everywhere. Concretically, he spoke of Saxony Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer, party chief at Tyringi Mike Mohring, Deputy Chairman Julia Klöckner, MP Carsten Linnemann and youth chief at CDU Ziemak.

Spahn spoke of a worthy competition for leadership positions in the CDU, “when the time comes”. Christian Wagner has called on Chancellor Merkel to give a clear signal as soon as possible. Responsible politicians think of their descendants as well, but there is still no signal. The CDU is thought to have party leaders sit down and talk about how an even greater catastrophe should be averted, following the poor results the party has scored in the last elections.