D.he CDU / CSU parliamentary group has repositioned itself in terms of personnel. However, the ministers of the elected federal government received a damper in the parliamentary vote. The former Chancellery Minister Helge Braun (CDU) was nominated for the chairmanship of the influential budget committee in the vote of the CDU MPs on Monday evening, but received only 73.8 percent of the votes, as AFP learned from parliamentary groups on Tuesday. The former ministers Julia Klöckner, Anja Karliczek and Jens Spahn also performed comparatively poorly.
Former Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner was elected chairwoman of the parliamentary group’s working group on economics with 68.5 percent of the vote. Former education minister Karliczek received 70.6 percent in the election to chair the tourism working group. On Monday afternoon, the former Health Minister Jens Spahn was elected deputy parliamentary group leader with a meager 74.4 percent.
Collision with established specialist politicians
In total, more than 50 items were voted on in the parliamentary group: vice chairman of the parliamentary group, chairman of the working groups and the chairman and vice chairman posts in committees of the Bundestag to which the Union is entitled. Most of the applicants submitted by the CDU were elected with more than 85 percent of the voters. The CSU MPs had already voted separately on Monday lunchtime on the positions they were entitled to.
According to AFP information, the new appointments had triggered tensions within the faction. Former ministers had claimed positions in the parliamentary group after losing their government offices, which led to displeasure, the parliamentary group told AFP. The ambitions of the former members of the government clashed in part with the demands of the established specialist politicians in the parliamentary group. In addition, younger MPs demanded greater consideration when assigning posts.
Until shortly before the parliamentary group meeting began late on Monday afternoon, the Union parliamentary group chairman Ralph Brinkhaus had negotiated a balanced staffing table in a format known within the parliamentary group as the “carpet dealers round”. This round consists of the regional group leaders.
For the 29-year-old MP Philipp Amthor from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the new office of specialist spokesman for state organization and state modernization was created. According to AFP information, he received only 63.4 percent in the vote. It was the worst of all results.
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