Monday, December 13, 2021
Union parliamentary group elects board
Jens Spahn has a new post
Much is new for the Union in the Bundestag. After 16 years in power, the members of the CDU and CSU are again in the opposition. It is now clear which women and men at the top the parliamentary group wants to put pressure on the government. Among them is the ex-health minister.
Eleven weeks after the federal election, the CDU / CSU parliamentary group has completed its personnel realignment. The MPs re-elected eleven deputy parliamentary group leaders and the parliamentary managing directors. The posts of the parliamentary group leader of the CDU, Ralph Brinkhaus, and of the CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt were not available for election.
Thorsten Frei from the CDU became the first parliamentary managing director. The former Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn from the CDU and the former Federal Government Commissioner for Digitization, the CSU politician Dorothee Bär, were the deputy parliamentary group chairmen. In the parliamentary group, Spahn will now be responsible for the economy, climate and energy, medium-sized businesses and tourism. Bear for family and culture. The former health minister and CDU man Hermann Gröhe is responsible for the issues of labor and social affairs, economic cooperation and development.
Other CDU deputy parliamentary leaders are: Mathias Middelberg (budget, finances, local politics), Nadine Schön (education and research, digital), Johann Wadephul (foreign affairs, defense, Council of Europe), Sepp Müller (health, new countries, sport and volunteering , Petitions), Patricia Lips (Europe, Human Rights) and Steffen Bilger (Food, Agriculture, Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection).
The following were elected for the CSU: Andrea Lindholz (interior, law, displaced persons) and Ulrich Lange (transport, housing, urban development, construction). The CSU MPs also appointed Daniela Ludwig as chairman of the Bundestag committee of rules and Alois Rainer as chairman of the finance committee.