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Stuttgart / Frankfurt (dpa / lsw) - The new CDU federal chairman Armin Laschet has praised culture minister Susanne Eisenmann as a “very committed top candidate” of the Baden-Württemberg Union.
«I have great respect for your commitment and that of the entire Southwest CDU around Thomas Strobl.
I want to support this mission, "said Laschet of the" Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung "(Saturday) with a view to his participation in the state party conference this Saturday in Stuttgart.
"A strong CDU was and is good for Baden-Württemberg."
In the election of the CDU chairman, the Southwest CDU had supported the economic expert Friedrich Merz by a majority, but Laschet was ultimately defeated.
The North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister Laschet said: "Many party friends in Baden-Württemberg supported me, otherwise the election result would not have been possible."
In addition, Eisenmann "pointed out that we can learn a lot from our state election campaign in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2017".
The top candidate for the state elections on March 14th said after Laschet's freestyle to the CDU boss that something could be learned from him during the election campaign.
Laschet beat the popular SPD Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft in 2017.
Eisenmann takes on the popular head of government Winfried Kretschmann (Greens).
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The two state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate on March 14th are considered the first test of mood for the new CDU leader.
When asked whether he would have to cede the candidacy for chancellor to the CSU chairman Markus Söder if the elections in the two countries should not end so well, Laschet said: “Markus Söder has made it clear that these are state elections with their own concepts own top candidates.
We will both support the election campaigners. "
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Link to the party conference of the CDU Baden-Württemberg
FAZ interview (with payment barrier)