The CDU candidate for chancellor can only keep himself in the game for power with the greatest effort. But his efforts seem increasingly absurd.
You are slowly running out of metaphors to describe the current situation Armin Laschet is in. Is he (boxing metaphor) heavily knocked on the ropes and can only save himself with a “lucky punch”? That would only be correct if the CDU candidate for chancellor fought against an opponent, CSU chief Markus Söder, for example, who wanted to dispute him for the title. But that’s not true. There are many more of them. And Laschet can only keep them in check with extreme strength (chess metaphor). But that’s not true either, because that would mean that he would have his opponents under control. At least for one moment. But that is a fallacy. You let him be. Just like that. The only question is: how much longer?
Re-election of Brinkhaus as parliamentary group leader – a compromise for the moment
Day two after the federal elections was again not a good one for Armin Laschet – although he is still not completely out of the window, which on that day again had to do with the fact that the Union did not use its modest amount of power option so you do not mind who wants to be taken by hand. At the Union you can just see how the water runs into the cellar from all sides (flood metaphor), but at best a few towels are still available to limit the damage. And how long it makes sense to wring them out is a really good question.
No, day two after the general election was not a good one for Armin Laschet, but he was lucky that some important Union politicians agreed to compromise for the moment. To buy time. The previous Union faction leader Ralph Brinkhaus was able to be confirmed in his office, with 85 percent of the votes – but only for half a year. It is a Pyrrhic victory for Laschet, who originally wanted to postpone this election, but now had to agree to a variant that allows a back door, especially in the event that he himself can soon no longer be held as CDU boss. A possible successor would then have the option of being elected as the new parliamentary group leader at the end of April, in order to then combine both offices – party and parliamentary group leader – in one person.
If Scholz succeeds in the traffic light coalition, Laschet has nothing more to report
No, day two after the election was by no means a good day for Armin Laschet, because the arguments why he should become the ninth Chancellor of the Federal Republic are evidently less and less convincing in their own ranks. CSU boss Söder set the tone of the skeptics in the afternoon, in which he pointed out that it was important to respect an election result. Söder declared it a matter of style to congratulate SPD Chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz on his election victory. Translated, this means: If Scholz manages to create a traffic light coalition from the position of the election winner, Laschet has nothing more to report. The Union is where it belongs after the election results: first of all, in second place. After the election, Ralph Brinkhaus still spread a little bit of residual hope – it is now a matter of signaling willingness to talk. But his parliamentary deputy, CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt, countered this immediately. Whether this willingness to talk is accepted does not depend on the Union.
Armin Laschet was granted a deadline in his increasingly desperate battle for the Chancellery. He’s probably still in the tunnel. But actually he should also notice that his efforts are constantly approaching the limit of absurdity.
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