Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel Armin on Tuesday. supported Lashet The elections that show him, before the elections on 26 September, as the best option to make him successful CDU Party Losing under your gaffe-prone new leader.
“This is a special election, not only because for the first time since 1949 there is no current chancellor running for re-election,” Merkel said in her last speech to parliament before the vote.
“It is also a special election because it is a decision on the direction of our country in difficult times – and it is not irrelevant who rules this country,” she said.
“The best course of action for our country is a CDU/CSU-led federal government with Armin Lashet as chancellor, as his government stands for stability, credibility, restraint and centrality.”
Merkel’s chancellor candidate for the CDU and her Bavarian CSU ally Laschet have long been favorites to replace her as chancellor, but her rating has plummeted after several upsets.
As head of state for North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the worst-affected regions, when deadly floods hit West Germany in July, Lachette was criticized for his weak response to the disaster.
The 60-year-old Rhinelander was caught on camera joking with local officials while paying tribute to flood victims, and was also ridiculed for wearing inappropriate dress shoes at the scene.
But during a visit to the city of Hagen on Sunday, Merkel defended him, telling reporters he was “successfully leading the largest state in Germany”.
The CDU-CSU coalition has seen some of its worst election results in years as Merkel prepares to exit politics after 16 years in power.
A poll for Bild daily on Sunday showed the Conservative coalition at 20 percent, its worst score in the post-war period.
In the last election 2017, the bloc led by Merkel had won 33 percent.
At the forefront is now Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, whose centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) secured 25 percent of the vote.
“This is a special election, not only because for the first time since 1949 there is no current chancellor running for re-election,” Merkel said in her last speech to parliament before the vote.
“It is also a special election because it is a decision on the direction of our country in difficult times – and it is not irrelevant who rules this country,” she said.
“The best course of action for our country is a CDU/CSU-led federal government with Armin Lashet as chancellor, as his government stands for stability, credibility, restraint and centrality.”
Merkel’s chancellor candidate for the CDU and her Bavarian CSU ally Laschet have long been favorites to replace her as chancellor, but her rating has plummeted after several upsets.
As head of state for North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the worst-affected regions, when deadly floods hit West Germany in July, Lachette was criticized for his weak response to the disaster.
The 60-year-old Rhinelander was caught on camera joking with local officials while paying tribute to flood victims, and was also ridiculed for wearing inappropriate dress shoes at the scene.
But during a visit to the city of Hagen on Sunday, Merkel defended him, telling reporters he was “successfully leading the largest state in Germany”.
The CDU-CSU coalition has seen some of its worst election results in years as Merkel prepares to exit politics after 16 years in power.
A poll for Bild daily on Sunday showed the Conservative coalition at 20 percent, its worst score in the post-war period.
In the last election 2017, the bloc led by Merkel had won 33 percent.
At the forefront is now Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, whose centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) secured 25 percent of the vote.
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