Armin Laschet, at the head of the German Conservatives for less than a year, has been responsible for the defeat of his party in the legislative elections. A CUD Congress should be held to decide “of the future and reorganization” at the head of the party.
Le Monde with AFP
Following the defeat of the German Conservative Party in the legislative elections of September 26, his leader Armin Laschet said, Thursday, October 7, to leave the head of the Christian-Democrat (CDU) . “We will quickly address the issue of the new CDU team, President in the presidium and the Federal Executive Committee,” he said in Berlin, less than a year after taking the head of the party. Angela Merkel.
The 60-year-old rhenan, known for its tenacity, said it would be required to hold a CU Congress whose date and place remain to be determined, in order to decide “of the future and the future. reorganization “at the head of the party. “Since the withdrawal of Angela Merkel of the Party Presidency we have an incessant debate [around the training management],” he also insisted. According to the Daily Bild, this congress could be held during the first half of December in Dresden (East).
A potential coalition “Tricolor fire” in sight
m. Laschet has been personally responsible for the worst electoral score (24.1%) never done by the Conservatives in the history of modern Germany. And for many observers, it has been in suspension.
Difficult elected at the head of the CDU in January, he had then battled with Markus Söder, head of the CSU, the Bavarian ally of the CDU, to be the conservative candidate in the Chancery. Author of a failed campaign despite the implication in extremis of M me Merkel, Mr. Laschet continues to hammer than a known “Jamaica” coalition – with the Liberals and the Greens – remains possible. “The Jamaica Coalition is a chance for a real new start in our country,” he insisted Thursday.
But the ecologists and the Liberals, who have arrived third and fourth respectively, carry out preliminary discussions with the SPD to form a coalition government quickly and thus avoid a long redoubted paralysis throughout Europe. At the end of a first round of discussions on Thursday, the courses decided to meet on Monday for in-depth talks that will continue on Tuesday and Friday.
Scholz wants a government “before Christmas”
However, none of the parties wanted to say when these discussions could lead to the formation of a “Tricolore fire” coalition. Significant barriers still stand on the path of an alliance in particular on tax issues. But in case of agreement on the outline of a future alliance, the three parties will begin coalition negotiations strictly speaking. All nevertheless repeated wanting to go fast. The leader of the SPD, Olaf Scholz, who would become chancellor in case of alliance, had assured the elections in the evening wanting a government “before Christmas”.
Since the defeat of September 26, Mr. Laschet’s internal rivals, such as Friedrich Merz or Jens Spahn, who defend a more right line, are in position for succession. Wednesday, on the sidelines of an EU-Balkans summit, the Chancellor herself had shifted the Conservative hopes, belonging that his camp did not “the best electoral outcome” to be able to form a coalition.
At the end of the first meeting of Conservative MPs at the Bundestag, the leader of the parliamentary group, a close to Mr. Laschet, had been re-elected for six months, and not a year as the practice. A sign that CAM CAMP-CSU anticipated its passage in the opposition and a reshuffle of its teams. The “Jamaica” coupling is far from being the option preferred by the Germans. 53% Wish a coalition between SPD, Greens and FDP, and 74% believe that the CUD-CSU should withdraw into the opposition, according to a Forsa survey published on Wednesday.