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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - Hamburg's CDU state chairman is hoping to cope with the corona consequences on Friedrich Merz as the new federal chairman and a black and yellow alliance after the federal election in September.

He perceived “a very strong approval for Friedrich Merz” in the regional association, said Christoph Ploß of the German Press Agency before the federal party conference, at which the successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will be decided next weekend.

"I assume that a clear majority of the Hamburg delegates will vote for him at the party conference."

The Elb-CDU provides 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 with him “great economic and financial expertise” 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 party leadership who has integrated intergenerational justice into his political agenda the most."

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 that's not enough, then of course you have to talk to other parties. "

He trusts Merz "that he can also build bridges beyond the FDP very well".

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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. "