After the dismal numbers of the September election.....the party boss of the CDU Party (Merkel's group) finally stepped down (Laschet).
In the past month or two....there's been a campaign for the selection process. Basically three guys.
There's the hyped-up intellectual (Rottgen), the pro-Merkel clone (Braun), and the pro-business anti-Merkel anti-clone (Merz).....please note, this is my description of the three.
If you asked me within party circles....who leads now, it's probably neck and neck between Merz and Braun.
What's it mean as the announcement occurs? Well....the party is geared toward this guy/his agenda for the next four years. It does not mean he's the Chancellor candidate in 2025. Also, it's possible that the guy fumbles this badly, and gets fired within twelve months.
At this point...until the fall of 2025....the CDU is simply an opposition party to the Scholz SPD-Green-FDP coalition. In the opposition corner? CDU, CSU, the Linke Party (far left) and the AfD folks (far right). It's not that great of an opposition group.
CDU in trouble with the five state election in 2022? I would argue that they have zero traction in two of the state elections, and really need a comeback of sorts....to improve the numbers.
To the statement that Merkel 'limped' along the party in the past two years? In some ways, she tried to bring the better 'clone' into the mix (AKK, from out of Saarbrucken). That idea was a dismal failure, and left the party to the executive committee....who went to the carbon copy of Merkel.....picking Laschet to be the party boss and Chancellor candidate.
In simple terms....the party needs a new boss and new enthusiasm.
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