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Christian von Stetten bestätigt Merz als richtigen Mann für CDU-Führung
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Christian von Stetten bestätigt Merz als richtigen Mann für CDU-Führung

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  • Christian von Stetten, Vorsitzender des Parlamentskreises Mittelstand, wies Spekulationen über einen Wechsel an der CDU-Spitze zurück und bestätigte Friedrich Merz als richtigen Mann zur richtigen Zeit.
  • Merz wurde beim Bundesparteitag mit über 91 Prozent bestätigt.

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Der Parlamentskreis Mittelstand ist die größte Gruppe innerhalb der Unionsfraktion und organisiert etwa 80 Prozent der Unionsabgeordneten. Christian von Stetten ist zudem mittelstandspolitischer Sprecher der Fraktion.

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Christian von Stetten, Vorsitzender des Parlamentskreises Mittelstand (PKM), wies Spekulationen über einen Wechsel an der CDU-Spitze zurück. »Die Führungsfrage in der CDU stellt sich nicht – und sie hat sich auch zu keinem Zeitpunkt ernsthaft gestellt«, sagte von Stetten gegenüber der »taz«. Merz und sein Reformkurs seien beim CDU-Bundesparteitag mit mehr als 91 Prozent bestätigt worden.

Von Stetten: »Der richtige Mann am richtigen Platz«

»Der Bundeskanzler weiß genau, welche Reformen unser Land jetzt braucht und hat dafür die volle Rückendeckung unserer Bundestagskollegen«, sagte von Stetten weiter. Für die notwendigen Reformen sei Merz »der richtige Mann am richtigen Platz zur richtigen Zeit«.

Der PKM ist die größte Gruppe innerhalb der Unionsfraktion und organisiert nach eigenen Angaben rund 80 Prozent der Unionsabgeordneten. Von Stetten ist zudem mittelstandspolitischer Sprecher der Fraktion. Seine Unterstützung für Merz ist auch deshalb bemerkenswert, weil er erst vor wenigen Tagen die Entlassung von SPD-Arbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas gefordert hatte.

Das hätte den Bruch der schwarz-roten Koalition bedeutet; das Kanzleramt dementierte entsprechende Pläne.

Open Questions

  • Wie wird die Unterstützung von von Stetten für Merz innerhalb der CDU wahrgenommen?
  • Gibt es trotz der Bestätigung weiterhin interne Kritik am Reformkurs von Merz?

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