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Stuttgart (AP) - A few days before the decision of the CDU federal executive committee on how the electoral party conference planned for mid-January can be held, Federal Vice-President Thomas Strobl has spoken out in favor of a purely digital variant.
"I advocate the first real digital party conference in Germany," said Baden-Württemberg's interior minister to the "Stuttgarter Zeitung" and the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten" (Saturday).
A presence party congress with 1001 delegates, on the other hand, is "unimaginable" for him due to the Corona situation.
NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet, the former Union parliamentary group leader Friedrich Merz and ex-Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen are applying to succeed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
The decision on the form of hosting the party congress should be made on Monday.