When dealing with Putin, Xi, and Trump, we need a strong federal chancellor with a reliable pro-European compass more than ever.”
Volkmann added: “Friedrich Merz stands with his course for a politics on a par with the world in the tradition of respected Christian Democrats like Konrad Adenauer, Helmut Kohl, and Angela Merkel.” What’s important now is again an EU policy that “leads and integrates” Volkmann emphasized.
Incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has, however, lost a lot of trust with his repeated detours, for example, in Ukraine policy. The CDU is starting its two-day federal board meeting in Hamburg this Friday.