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Hamburg's CDU state chairman hopes to cope with the coronavirus consequences on Friedrich Merz as the new federal chairman and a black and yellow alliance after the federal election in September.
In the regional association, he perceived "a very strong approval for Friedrich Merz," said Christoph Ploß before the federal party conference, at which a decision will be made on the successor to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer next weekend.
“I assume that a clear majority of Hamburg's delegates will vote for him at the party congress.” The Elbe CDU provided 16 out of 1001 delegates at the online party congress.
Merz is the right man at the top for the time after Corona, said Ploß.
The 65-year-old Sauerland native brings "great economic and financial expertise" with him and stands for "a targeted welfare state that helps those in need".
The pandemic leads to a large mountain of debt at the expense of the young generation.
"Friedrich Merz is the one among the CDU candidates for the party chairmanship who has integrated intergenerational justice most strongly into his political agenda."
The 35-year-old conservative would like to work with the FDP for the government in the post-Merkel era.
“My preferred alliance would be black and yellow.
But if it is not enough for that, then of course you have to talk to other parties. ”He trusts Merz,“ that he can also build bridges very well beyond the FDP ”.
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The CDU must, however, clearly admit to its basic values, said Ploß with a view to possible black-green considerations, which are mainly attributed to Merz's competitor for the chairmanship, the foreign politician Norbert Röttgen.
“I think little of orienting the content of what the Greens or other parties like.
As the CDU, we clearly state what we stand for.