Ziemiak in the daily topics: “Many want more membership”

He felt that many CDU members want to be more involved: Secretary General Ziemiak has in the daily topics declares that the district chiefs now have to discuss this. But he himself is not a fan of member surveys.

CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak has confirmed that the entire party executive board should be re-elected, and at the same time ruled out that Armin Laschet remains chairman. “That’s right,” he replied to a related question in the daily topics. The entire federal board needs a new legitimation.

First of all, there is a discussion with the district chairperson and the question of how the members can be more involved. “Many would like more membership than before,” said Ziemiak.

Skeptical about member surveys

He himself was “never a big fan of member surveys”, and the federal party congress was a “very good instrument” for this. “But in the last few days I have also felt how great the desire for more membership is – and that is why I would not rule that out,” said Ziemiak. That’s why he goes to the district chairperson’s conference very openly.

The subject of candidate for chancellor in the next federal election must also be discussed – and the question of how “better procedures” can be chosen there, he admitted.

Still ready for Jamaica

The CDU Secretary General added that the offer of talks about a Jamaica coalition with the Greens and the FDP would remain. Should it come to this despite the current traffic light explorations, the content-related questions are decisive: “We would then go into the discussions and talk first about content, then about people.”

On the part of the CDU, Armin Laschet is the contact person for this, “and he will stay that way”. “How we would then equip a federal government – that would be discussed together as the CDU and CSU.”