The one question that Röttgen simply does not want to answer

“Do you want Armin Laschet to become Chancellor?” With a CDU presidium member like Norbert Röttgen, you would Actually expect a clear “yes” to this question. After the Union’s loss of votes in the Bundestag election last Sunday, support for the Union Chancellor candidate has shrunk significantly.

In the ARD On Sunday evening, Norbert Röttgen preferred to avoid the question of the presenter of the same name on the show “Anne Will”, instead emphasizing that he was now concerned with content, referring to the exploratory talks currently taking place for a Jamaica or traffic light coalition. “We want to hold these talks and determine if there is a consensus on the matter, in the content,” said Röttgen. Only then can one talk about personnel issues So do you still doubt CSU boss Markus Söder to lead a Jamaica coalition?

In response to Anne Will’s question why Röttgen could not still confess to Armin Laschet, he said: “We cannot say that we have a claim to government and that we are the chancellor. Then we would ignore the election result. ” Once again he emphasized that it must now be a matter of sounding out whether there are political agreements.

Norbert Röttgen had already at the end of the week made it clear in an interview with the “Tagesspiegel” that he considers Armin Laschet to be a party leader on call. “The lack of acceptance of the candidate was the main topic of conversation in the election campaign. Armin Laschet knows that too, “he said. When asked about this, he added on Sunday evening that they now owe” honesty “.

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In his opinion, the CDU and CSU are “the only people’s party in Germany”. In order to stay that way, however, there is a need for action. Everything else is “endangered”.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) shook her head again and again when Norbert Röttgen said what the CDU politician said was “a big joke in bags.” , then the CDU would have to go into the opposition. “

In disbelief, she asked:” You want to form a government, but not say who is heading the government? ” “Weird number”. After all, the election campaign was always about people.