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Question: Merkel won't be the german chancellor after 2021. Who will replace her? I am asking who WILL replace her and NOT who DO YOU WANT to replace her!
#1
Someone in the CDU, on the left of Merkel		  
#2
Someone in the CDU, similar to Merkel		  
#3
Someone in the CDU, on the right of Merkel		  
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Someone in the CSU		  
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Someone in the SPD		  
#6
Someone in the FDP		  
#7
Someone in the Green Party		  
#8
Someone in Die Linke		  
#9
Someone in the AfD		  
#10
Someone in the NPD		  
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Total Voters: 35

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« on: January 11, 2020, 08:06:51 AM »
After the federal election of 2021, Angela Merkel won't be the chancellor anymore, even if the CDU have enough seats to elect the chancellor. Who will succeed her?
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2020, 09:09:20 AM »
My guess as of now is someone in the CDU similar to Merkel, but we'll see
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2020, 10:05:27 AM »
Quote from: Lechasseur on January 11, 2020, 09:09:20 AM
My guess as of now is someone in the CDU similar to Merkel, but we'll see
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2020, 11:33:45 AM »
I only know this:

If the CDU chooses the toxic Annegret to follow her, the CDU is dead.
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2020, 11:43:45 AM »
AKK as CDU chairwoman is still the default option, but she is in a relatively weak position. Other names that would come to mind are:
Merz (CDU, to the right of Merkel)
Laschet (CDU, about similar to Merkel, I would say)
Spahn (CDU, arguably to the right of Merkel)
Söder (CSU, to the right of Merkel, but steering towards the center)
Habeck (Greens, should the Greens become stronger than CDU/CSU or in the unlikely case of a GR2 majority)

All in all I think that NRW governor Laschet could be it, but who knows.
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2020, 11:45:21 AM »
Quote from: palandio on January 11, 2020, 11:43:45 AM
AKK as CDU chairwoman is still the default option, but she is in a relatively weak position. Other names that would come to mind are:
Merz (CDU, to the right of Merkel)
Laschet (CDU, about similar to Merkel, I would say)
Spahn (CDU, arguably to the right of Merkel)
Söder (CSU, to the right of Merkel, but steering towards the center)
Habeck (Greens, should the Greens become stronger than CDU/CSU or in the unlikely case of a GR2 majority)

All in all I think that NRW governor Laschet could be it, but who knows.

AKK already is chairwoman.

It's about the next Chancellor (candidate).

Do you think it is possible that the CDU elects a Chancellor candidate other than AKK and then replaces her as CDU-leader as well with that person ?
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2020, 01:01:41 PM »
Quote from: Tender Branson on January 11, 2020, 11:45:21 AM
Quote from: palandio on January 11, 2020, 11:43:45 AM
AKK as CDU chairwoman is still the default option, but she is in a relatively weak position. Other names that would come to mind are:
Merz (CDU, to the right of Merkel)
Laschet (CDU, about similar to Merkel, I would say)
Spahn (CDU, arguably to the right of Merkel)
Söder (CSU, to the right of Merkel, but steering towards the center)
Habeck (Greens, should the Greens become stronger than CDU/CSU or in the unlikely case of a GR2 majority)

All in all I think that NRW governor Laschet could be it, but who knows.

AKK already is chairwoman.
 
It's about the next Chancellor (candidate).
I meant "AKK is the chairwoman and hence the default option".
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Do you think it is possible that the CDU elects a Chancellor candidate other than AKK and then replaces her as CDU-leader as well with that person ?
Good question. Chancellor candidate and chairman have always been much more connected in the CDU than e.g. the SPD. Therefore nominating a different chancellor candidate than AKK while at the same time keeping her as chairwoman would be difficult. The SPD has done this several times, but the CDU ("Kanzlerwahlverein") not so often.
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2020, 02:31:35 PM »
If things go on as they're going now, then the CDU will probably beg Merkel herself to run again.

AKK has simply failed.

Of course, there's a worse possibility. But it wouldn't look good for a certain somebody to step down as President of the European Commission after only 2 years.

And Merz is making his old mistake of underestimating Merkel & the inertia of the CDU again: he's attacking too soon & too harshly; again, his old mistakes.

Or all of this cancels itself out, & yet a worse thing happens. Spahn is strangely popular.
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2020, 06:55:47 PM »
Quote from: Lechasseur on January 11, 2020, 09:09:20 AM
My guess as of now is someone in the CDU similar to Merkel, but we'll see
Probably AKK
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« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2020, 11:07:00 PM »
Speaking as an American, I would like to see a staunch Atlanticist and USE supporter, like Merz or Ursula, become Chancellor. It would be good to finally have a solid and supportive ally in Europe, particularly one as powerful as a German Chancellor.
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2020, 01:40:40 PM »
« Edited: January 15, 2020, 01:45:53 PM by Ye Olde Europe »
Hot take: Merz will try to take AKK down, but burn himself in the process, leaving an opening for Laschet to become the savior of party unity.

The only options from that poll which seem remotely possible are #2, #3, #4 and #7.
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« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2020, 12:04:31 PM »
AKK, but it’ll be a disaster.
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« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2020, 06:27:38 PM »
Habeck or Baerbock
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