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Armin Laschet gave his first speech as CDU federal chairman on the weekend at the state party conference of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg, and it was co-financed by the Chinese state company Huawei.

The logo of the technology company was emblazoned on the thanks for the sponsors of the party congress, in the top left - in the most prominent position.

Armin Laschet speaks at the CDU party conference in Stuttgart

At the CDU party congress in Stuttgart, Armin Laschet gave one of his first big speeches as the new federal chairman - precisely where Friedrich Merz had a particularly large number of supporters.

Source: WORLD

Huawei is a corporation whose rise cannot be clearly separated from the Chinese military and its political leadership, the Communist Party, to put it cautiously.

The SPD has already received around 20,000 euros from Huawei for party congress sponsorship.

Firstly, however, she voluntarily disclosed the amount and secondly, she is not currently suspected of appointing the next Federal Chancellor.

The CDU Baden-Württemberg, on the other hand, could form Laschet's first step on the stairs to a possible candidate for chancellor in the state elections in March.

Huawei thinks strategically and selects sponsor dates very specifically.

From the Group's point of view, that is also logical.

But not from the perspective of the CDU.

Since 1945 it has stood for certain values, which China’s behavior towards Hong Kong or the Uyghurs certainly does not belong to.

Fortunately, she has overcome the temptations of former Union politicians to gloss over the Franco and Salazar regimes in Spain and Portugal, Pinochets in Chile and the apartheid regime in South Africa with world political necessities and to maintain good contacts with them.

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It would be rather fatal if, with Armin Laschet's party chairmanship, the impression arose in any way that, for global economic reasons or whatever, one was taking money from companies that serve as figureheads for similar problematic regimes.

It has not even been fully clarified in what form Huawei should be involved in the German 5G network.

The Union Group has reached a compromise, but concerns remain.

Beijing uses money very consciously and very skillfully to exert influence worldwide.

From the point of view of the Chinese leadership, this is also entirely logical.

The CDU, which would like to appoint the next Federal Chancellor, does not have to adopt this point of view.

There is a limit beyond which a Federal Chancellor party cannot credibly say: We remain independent, no matter who sponsors us.