Duel to the country in the chair : Kai Wegner, CDU wants to bring to the top

Kai Wegner is running for the country presidency of the CDU. After the daily mirror-the Checkpoint had made this decision last Monday night to be known, sought the CDU member of the Bundestag and head of the CDU in Spandau on Friday to the Public. It is the responsibility of the office is aware of and has "great desire" to fill it in, Wegner said at a specially convened press conference. In the days prior to that, he had reports on his candidacy, not comment.

criticism of "puny survey values"

Wegner, who had had to hand in after the election of Monika Grütters for the country Chairman in 2016, the office of the CDU General Secretary's successor, Stefan Evers, called this an "outstanding personality of our city," and announced that, in the event of an election victory to ensure that her audience "can also work in the future in the Bundestag and in the Federal government at a decisive point". A Position in Berlin, he called.

His candidacy Wegner founded, with the current state of the party. "We Bob up and down at the puny poll numbers, this should not be our claim," said Wegner, and announced to the CDU again "to the top". "The best days are still ahead of us," Wegner said, adding that the election in 2021, the Governing mayor Michael Müller (SPD) from office push.

top-of-the candidacy 2021 remains open

Whether he will or one of the other candidate, left the Wegner. CDU parliamentary leader Burkard Dregger was a "strong top candidate," said Wegner, knowing that the Position is currently weakened, and the allegations of Wegner's, the CDU act, in many areas, too hesitant, too Dregger meeting. This does not in turn, wanted to Express a demand with reference to "internal party discussions" on the question of a possible top candidate.

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