CDU leader Laschet invites rival to meeting on German chancellor candidacy | Malay Mail

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BERLIN, April 19 — Armin Laschet, leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats, said he had invited Bavarian rival Markus Soeder to a meeting today at which Laschet would present a plan to decide which of them runs as chancellor candidate for their conservative alliance. Laschet and Bavarian rival...

Monday, 19 Apr 2021 07:51 PM MYT

Laschet and Bavarian rival have been unable to resolve their week-long stand-off over who should be chancellor candidate for their conservative alliance, dubbed ‘the Union’. Laschet said he had called the meeting of the CDU’s federal board for 6 p.m. and had invited Soeder, leader of the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union .

“I have therefore invited Markus Soeder to take part in this meeting, just as I am prepared to go to the CSU board,” he said. “I hope that we can come to the necessary decisions very quickly this week.”

 

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