Harsh poll defeat for Armin Laschet – significantly more Germans want other chancellors

Berlin – On Friday afternoon she wants CDU officially do what a week ago at the 33rd party congress of the Christian Democratic Union was decided. Armin Laschet* following of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer when Party leader* and can therefore also calculate good chances, Chancellor candidate the Union in the upcoming Bundestag election to become. For legal reasons, his election at the digital party conference must be confirmed by the delegates by postal vote.

Armin Laschet: Harsh poll defeat for the new CDU chairman

A process that is considered a purely formality. It is only interesting whether Laschets Ahead of its competitor Friedrich Merz* from 55 votes again grows or shrinks by a few votes. What kind of Armin Laschet So a successful day should start, however, sobering with a rough one survey-Defeat.

A cantar show commissioned by the Funke media groupsurvey wanted to know from the German population which Union candidate they are in the upcoming Bundestag election calculate the best chances of victory. The sobering result: only 21 percent of those questioned believe the designated CDU chief Laschet for the best Chancellor candidate.

Chancellor candidate of the Union: 43 percent of Germans are in favor of Markus Söder

In contrast, 43 percent of those questioned spoke in favor of the Bavarian one Prime Minister and CSU boss Markus Söder * as best Chancellor candidate of the Union. A clear defeat for Armin Laschet. The 59-year-old applies by his choice to CDU chairman as the most promising candidate for a Candidacy for Chancellor of the Union.

Markus Söder had repeatedly emphasized in the past that he saw his place in Bavaria. Nevertheless, the Bavarian Prime Minister is seen as a potential candidate for Chancellor, mainly because of his popularity. After Franz-Josef Strauss and Edmund Stoiber, the 54-year-old would only be the third candidate for chancellor to be offered by the CSU *. (fd) * merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital editors network

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