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According to party leader Armin Laschet, the CDU intends to have federal-state chief talks only with the chancellor and the 16 prime ministers.
"It cannot go on like this," said the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister on Monday in Berlin after a switching conference of the CDU Presidium, alluding to the last Minister President's Conference.
"Half the federal government" took part in this.
It is not appropriate to the seriousness of the situation in the pandemic if this is viewed as a party-political event, said Laschet and questioned the further participation of Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
"If the Vice Chancellor is supposed to be there as the SPD representative, that is not the MPK's format." The Prime Ministers also did not bring their deputies with them.
“16 heads of government and the Federal Chancellor - that worked well in 2020.
The Federal Chancellor has repeatedly brought us together and held us together, ”said the NRW Prime Minister.
“We made it through 2020 well.
In view of the seriousness of the situation, we now have to return to this good crisis management. ”The latest federal-state meeting was a“ last warning shot ”that there could be no“ business as usual ”.
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Laschet also demanded that the Prime Ministers of the federal states and the Federal Chancellor no longer only advise by video conference.
The Prime Minister's Conference should meet in attendance, said the CDU chief.
If 60 or 70 people are involved in such a conference, that does not contribute to its effectiveness.
The group of participants must be limited again.