After a lost election
Söder steps up against Laschet: “Anyone who complains endlessly has no future”
Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (r.) Feels the criticism of the former Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet (l.) Of him as “tearful”
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The failed Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet recently made it public how much he was annoyed by Markus Söder’s taunts during the election campaign. Now Söder counters.
CSU boss Markus Söder has rejected joint responsibility for the heavy electoral defeat of the Union and criticized criticism of the CDU chairman Armin Laschet as tearful. “Anyone who complains endlessly has no future,” said the Bavarian Prime Minister in the Steingarts Morning Briefing podcast when asked about Laschet’s criticism of his taunts.
Söder referred to the CSU campaign in the last few weeks before the federal election. “If we hadn’t tried to throw the lifebuoy at the end, namely the clear reference to this left-wing coalition, the result would have been even more difficult,” he said. Leading CSU politicians had repeatedly warned loudly against a red-red-green alliance in the final phase of the election campaign.
Markus Söder lacked unity in the Union
The CDU was not in agreement on the leadership issue, criticized Söder. During the election campaign, he was concerned about how individual protagonists in the CDU would have talked about Chancellor Angela Merkel. “The fact that the CDU elected two party leaders with five applications within two years probably did not give the impression of total unity.”
But he himself does not want to look back and forget the conflicts between the CDU and CSU, assured Söder. “We have to come together now and bargain.” When looking for a new CDU chairman, he would not give the sister party any advice. “I don’t have a favorite.” When asked, he emphasized that he would “of course” work well with Friedrich Merz.
Teasing against Armin Laschet
The Union crashed to a record low of 24.1 percent in the federal election. After Söder Laschet was defeated in the power struggle for the candidacy for chancellor, the CSU boss had repeatedly poked at the candidate in the election campaign. Laschet had recently given public insight into his tense relationship with Söder and criticized his behavior during the election campaign.