Parties – Dresden – Kretschmer: close the ranks after a K-question decision – politics

Dresden (AP) – The Saxon CDU party and government leader Michael Kretschmer now considers looking ahead to be important after the Union’s vote on the K issue. “There are days of discussion and there are days of decision. When the decision has been made, it’s about closing the ranks and going to work together,” said Kretschmer on Tuesday to the German Press Agency in Dresden. The next step is an ambitious government program for Germany.

On Tuesday night, the CDU federal executive had spoken out in favor of the North Rhine-Westphalian Prime Minister and CDU federal chief Armin Laschet as the Union’s candidate for chancellor. In Saxony, many Christian Democrats favored Laschet’s Bavarian counterpart Markus Söder. You had the choice between two strong and successful candidates, emphasized CDU General Secretary Alexander Dierks. The vote was clear. “Markus Söder has made his unreserved support for Armin Laschet clear. As a union we are going into the election campaign as one.”

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