Helge Braun threw his hat in the ring and explained: On Friday he explained his application for the federal chairmanship of the Christian Democrats to the state board of the Hessian CDU.
In the evening, Braun was officially nominated as a candidate by his Gießen home district association, of which he is chairman.
He announced that in the event of an election he would not seek to chair the parliamentary group and pleaded for a joint agreement with the sister party CSU on how the Union will nominate its future chancellor candidates.
After the digital meeting, CDU country chief Volker Bouffier announced: "With this candidacy, the members of the CDU in Germany will receive a prominent offer of personnel with many years of government and party experience." District association instead. Bouffier's distanced message does not contain congratulations on the nomination or even a recommendation to vote for Braun.
Braun advertises under the motto “New CDU.
New strength ”to the trust of the base and has sent a letter by e-mail to all district chairmen and district offices of the CDU in Germany.
"In order to gain new strength, we need a fundamental new beginning," writes the 49-year-old doctor and also exercises self-criticism: "As the CDU, we have not discussed enough and not taken a clear position in recent years." to use the time in the opposition to raise the profile of the CDU.