Warken, Prien, free? Merz wants to present “very good government team”

Before the decision of the CDU The future ministerial team of the Union is gaining more and more contours through the black and red coalition agreement. The CDU politician Johann WadePhul is said to Table Media Foreign Minister of a government under a Chancellor Friedrich Merz become. The energy manager and former CDU MP Katherina Reiche will take over the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the report says. The Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Education Karin Prien should be the new educational department in the Federal government lead.

According to information from the transmitter NTV the previous first parliamentary managing director of the Union faction, Thorsten Frei (CDU), will become Chancellor’s head. The Ministry of the Interior should CSU-Landes group chief Alexander Dobrindt lead. According to the broadcaster, the CSU also sends the former Digital Minister of State in the Chancellery, Dorothee Bär, to the head of the research and space Ministry. All six have been traded as promising candidates for weeks.

Loud Picture the CDU general secretary of Baden-Württemberg, Nina Warken, is to take over the Ministry of Health. The Süddeutsche Zeitung also reports from circles of the CDU Presidium that the publisher and publicist Wolfram Weimer should become new Minister of Culture.

Merz and Söder want to introduce ministers on Monday

A CDU spokesman said at the request of the German press agencyyou don’t comment on the speculation. CDU general secretary Carsten Linnemann referred to the ZDF-D show « Berlin Direkt » on the question of WadePhul on Monday. « You will find out it tomorrow morning, » he emphasized. Then CDU boss Merz wants to present the future ministers in Berlin who send his party to the federal government. At the same time, CSU boss provides Markus Söder His candidates in Munich before.

During the tour of the hall, Merz said for the small CDU party conference, the team he would present for the CDU part, « I am convinced that I will be a really, very good government team to solve exactly these topics that we are facing ». In domestic politics, the Union faction leader called migration and in foreign policy the great uncertainties in the world. In addition, Germany has to take opportunities to find out from the growth crisis.

CDU hadn’t held the Foreign Office for 60 years

The specialist politician WadePhul from Schleswig-Holstein has been the first CDU foreign minister for almost 60 years. The former North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Armin Laschet was also speculated. The SPD-Foreign politician Ralf Stegner sees WadePhul as a good choice. « Johann WadePhul is an experienced, knowledgeable, knowledgeable foreign politician, » said Ralf Stegner Daily mirror. The CDU politician stands « for a pragmatic, level-headed foreign policy ».

Prien also belonged to the CDU coalition negotiation team. For rich it would be a kind of comeback: from 1998 to 2015 it belonged to that Bundestag to. Seven years of this she was a member of the federal government as a parliamentary state secretary.

According to the coalition agreement, the CDU provides seven of the 17 ministers, as well as the SPD. There are three departments on the CSU. The SPD only wants to present its candidates for the new cabinet after the end of its membership decision on the coalition agreement.

Membership decision of the SPD is still pending

The SPD has its approximately 358,000 members decide on the contract with the Union. You can hand in your voices online by April 29 at 11:59 p.m. The result is to be announced on Wednesday. Before that, the SPD does not want to call ministers.

In addition to the majority of the votes, the participation of 20 percent of the party members is necessary. Party youth is dissatisfied with the coalition agreement, but a majority consent is considered likely, especially due to the lack of alternative. The only alternatives would be a coalition between the Union and AfD, a minority government or the new election of the Bundestag.

With reference to the AfD’s increase in votes, the SPD chairman Saskia Esken urged to vote to the members of her party, for the coalition agreement negotiated with the CDU and CSU. « Our task in the next legislature is very clear – some even say that this is our last chance – we have to regain confidence in democracy, renew and push their enemies back, » said ESKE at a dialogue conference with party members in Baunatal, northern Hesse. « That is our historical obligation, » she added.

Union decides on a small party conference

Around 150 delegates from the CDU in Berlin come together this Monday to coordinate the coalition agreement negotiated between the party tours of the CDU, CSU and SPD. The consent is considered safe. The CSU had approved the 144 -page draft shortly after the agreement by board decision.

Chancellor is to be elected on May 6th

If the SPD also agrees, the coalition agreement is to be signed on May 5. The next day the chancellor would be. On May 6, Merz needs the approval of the majority of all members of the Bundestag, i.e. 316 votes – also called Chancellor majority.

The Bundestag includes 328 Union and SPD politicians. If more than twelve of them are missing or Merz refuse to vote, a second ballot can be scheduled within two weeks – if necessary with another candidate. Even if there is no chancellor’s majority, the majority of the votes of the MPs present are sufficient in a third ballot. However, it is likely that the majority will come about in the first ballot. (dpa)