Sunday December 27, 2020
Thanks to Merkel
SPD leader: coalition will hold
On January 16, the CDU elects its new chairman. Even if the winner is Friedrich Merz, that shouldn't endanger the coalition, says SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans. He is skeptical about a possible candidate for chancellor Markus Söder.
SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans assumes that the coalition with the Union will last until the end of the legislative period, regardless of who becomes the new CDU chairman. "The coalition will hold out to the end because the Chancellor is Angela Merkel until the end of the legislative period," said Walter-Borjans of the "Rheinische Post".
"I then imagine the coalition committees to be extremely lively," he added with a view to the fact that the former Union faction leader Friedrich Merz could become the new CDU chairman. When asked about a possible candidate for Union Chancellor Markus Söder, Walter-Borjans said: "I got to know Markus Söder in various positions. He especially loves the great pose on stage and in the media. Persistent negotiation and sensitive sounding out of workable compromises would be a completely new side of the CSU boss for me. "
The CDU wants to elect a successor to party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on January 16 after almost a year of hanging out. In addition to Merz, the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Armin Laschet and the CDU foreign expert Norbert Röttgen are also applying for the party chairmanship. Walter-Borjans also calls for a coalition committee to be convened as soon as possible. "I expect that we will meet in the coalition committee in mid-January, where we will talk about upcoming decisions. In addition to overcoming the crisis, we also have to make urgent decisions for the time after," said Walter-Borjans, who leads the SPD together with Saskia Esken .
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