Who will be the boss? CDU wants a quick decision

“I expect this reorganization to take place quickly and to be completed this year,” said CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt. Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier hit the same note: “The CDU must be renewed quickly,” he said. As early as Monday, the board of directors should talk about membership in the free choice of the new party leader, also demanded the former Union faction leader Friedrich Merz. Merz only ruled out his own candidacy for one scenario: If the CDU federal party congress alone decides again. CSU boss Markus Söder also urged haste: “We take Laschet’s decision with great respect,” he said and once again insisted on his own claims to power.