Saturday, December 11th, 2021
Linnemann joins the Merz team
Connemann takes over the chairmanship of MIT
The economic wing of the CDU has a new head: The previous head of the SME and Economic Union (MIT), Linnemann, is handing over the leadership of the group with its large number of members to Member of the Bundestag Connemann.
The CDU member of the Bundestag Gitta Connemann succeeds Carsten Linnemann at the head of the SME and Economic Union (MIT). The delegates of the first digital Federal SME Conference elected Connemann with 59 percent as their chairman, as the CDU / CSU SME Association announced. Connemann therefore prevailed in the second ballot against the CDU member of the Bundestag Thomas Jarzombek, who got 41 percent of the vote.
Should Friedrich Merz become CDU chairman, Linnemann will lead the development of a new basic program.
Connemann demanded that “the economy should become a core issue again” for the Union. The CDU and CSU had to show a “clear edge in the opposition,” she said in her speech, according to the announcement. As urgent issues for medium-sized companies, she named the reduction of bureaucracy, faster planning and approval procedures, lower taxes and levies on energy. The 57-year-old has been a member of the Bundestag since 2002 and represents the East Frisian constituency of Leer.
Linnemann had not run again after eight years in office. He is currently applying as deputy CDU federal chairman. “Meanwhile, the feeling that we have mutated into a self-fulfillment society has persisted in me. We are incessantly and carelessly ordering things from Internet companies that are sent back at a second glance. With the same mentality, we repeatedly demand new services and rights from the state a. And duties? Nothing. In many cases it is only about your own self. Responsibility for your own actions is less and less accepted. “, he wrote in a farewell post in a post on the MIT website has been published.
In the event of Friedrich Merz being elected as the new CDU head, Linnemann will become head of the program and policy committee, according to MIT. “That’s exactly my thing, I’m looking forward to it,” Linnemann wrote. According to its own information, the SME and Economic Union is the largest party-political economic association in Germany with around 25,000 members. MIT reports on its website that the typical member is an entrepreneur or “other manager” and is between 50 and 60 years old.