After the poor performance of his Lower Saxony CDU, state leader Bernd Althusmann is taking action on the evening of the state election: he wants to give up the state presidency.
“I will propose to the state executive tomorrow that I am no longer available for the next office of state chairman. That is my personal consequence of this election result,” said Althusmann, who as the CDU’s top candidate in the race for the office of prime minister against Stephan Weil (SPD) had started. A decision will be made shortly on the further procedure. The state board will meet on Monday at 5 p.m. Althusmann proposed a state party conference at which the state chairman should be re-elected after the autumn holidays.
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What’s next for the Lower Saxony CDU?
Althusmann took over the chairmanship of the Lower Saxony CDU from David McAllister at the end of 2016. Since the fall of 2017, he has been Vice President and Economics Minister in Weil’s red-black coalition. When the CDU is reorganized in Lower Saxony, the strategic question will arise as to the direction in which the party should develop. Further to the right than under the more moderate Althusmann? For example, the former Minister of the Interior Uwe Schünemann is responsible for this course in the state association. Or in the direction of the Greens, in order – as in North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein – to have more options for power in the future? Before the election, it was said that Althusmann had made little contact with the Greens, although it was becoming apparent that working with the party would be a realistic chance of forming a government under his leadership.
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Current state elections in Lower Saxony
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At the election parties of the SPD and Greens there is joy about the outcome of the election. The CDU must look for a new head of state. 5 mins
3 mins
Political scientist Michael Jankowski from the University of Oldenburg sees a strong personal component in the SPD result. 3 mins
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Political scientist Michael Jankowski sees the federal FDP with many questions after the poor performance in Lower Saxony. 3 mins
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North German understatement is part of the prime minister’s recipe for success. For him, the election evening ended very happily. 2 mins
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The CDU top candidate announced his resignation as head of the Lower Saxony CDU early in the evening. 1 min
2 mins
Lead candidate Birkner is disappointed – he sees the FDP’s role in the traffic light as a possible factor in the defeat. 2 mins
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MP Dirk Brandes speaks at the AfD election party, which clearly gained ground in the state elections. 2 mins
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The high prices also concern the people who followed the state elections at the city festival in southern Lower Saxony. 3 mins
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