After Grütters-retreat : CDU-Board elections without Surprises

The next day was Monika Grütters omnipresent. Although not personally present, dominated her on Friday declared withdrawal from the office of the country head on Saturday the talks on the corridors in front of the district Congress of the CDU in the middle.

The E-Mail sent a statement of Grütters had helpers distributed to all chairs in the hall. Members of the land Board as the Deputy Chairman Carsten Spallek were asked to the meeting of the panel on the eve. This was run in a "calm and factual", such as various eye-witnesses consistently reported.

One of the present circle leaders quoted Kai Wegner as the only remaining candidate for the country's presidency with the words: "the goal is not to exclude and all those that want to collaborate."

crack man criticized the "vanities"

CDU-middle circle-in-chief Sven man, and one of the supporters of the new country Chairman, Kai Wegner does not Crack, came by in his speech at the opening of the circle party day in a few sentences the day before proclaimed understanding. "Very pleased," he showed on the found regulation, the decision of Grütters was "to recognize and very reasonable."

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order In the direction of individual Christian Democrats, who have been within the past few days to a duel between Grütters and Wegner said crack man: "Individual party members are apparently of the opinion, having your Ego in order to refresh it, by commenting on things that are not to comment." It was "vanities," said crack man. He called on his party comrades to transform the "penalty" that the red-red-green Senate of the Opposition to give on a regular basis. Exactly the same words, had chosen to Wegner, in his Declaration of his candidacy.

Unspectacular the much-anticipated appearance of the CDU top candidate for the EU election was on 26. May, Hildegard Bentele. The 42-Year-old had ousted in November 2018 in a fight candidacy for the Deputy circle chairmen of the CDU in the middle, Carsten Spallek, from the top post. Because this had been established by the Grütters stated national Board of Directors, inflamed massive criticism of Grütters – the output is known. Bentele renounced in their greeting word in any reference to this task, recruited the support of a "dedicated circle of Association in the middle" and left the Assembly immediately after the end of your speech.

elections without Surprises

The real highlight of the district party conference, the election of the Chairman and his deputies, was free of Surprises. Crack man, who had taken over in may of 2017, the district presidency, was confirmed by 92.3 percent of the votes in the office. His Deputy, Sebastian Pieper and Carsten Spallek were elected with 97.8 and 94.5 percent of the votes.

was Matched in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf, which is the largest and thus most influential of the twelve Berlin CDU in the district associations. A majority of the delegates gave the President of the circle Chairman Thomas Heilmann the trust, he got 80 percent of the vote. Directly in front of the district Congress of the party kind of rumors about confirmed a counter-candidacy to Heilmann. As a Deputy to Oliver Friederici, Cornelia Seibeld, Jeannine Perduss, Adrian Grasse, Stephan stand and Tom Cywinski were elected.

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In Lichtenberg, the smallest of the three on Saturday to the circle of associations, also remained the same. Circuit boss Martin Pätzold and his Deputy, Danny freymark were each elected by a large majority. Pätzold received 91.3 percent of the votes for Frey mark 97.8 percent of the delegates voted.