CDU Rhineland-Palatinate on the upswing: Schnieder and Klöckner lead to election!

CDU Rhineland-Palatinate on the upswing: Schnieder and Klöckner lead to election!

At the list party conference of the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU in Bingen, the former Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner was elected top candidate for the Bundestag election on February 23, 2025. It received impressive 171 votes in votes in 30 no votes, which corresponds to 84.2 percent of the valid delegate votes. Klöckner is accompanied by Patrick Schnieder, who was elected as chairman of the CDU state group in the Bundestag and received 199 yes votes, as well as from Johannes Steininger, who ran in sixth place and received 187 votes. Klöckner sharply criticized the current traffic light government and described Olaf Scholz as the "absolute low point in the chancellorship" in Germany. She also emphasized the need for lower corporate taxes and a more flexible labor market, such as The Süddeutsche reported .

Another important step for the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate was taken to general secretary with the election of Gordon Schnieder as the new state chairman and Johannes Steininger. Schnieder, who previously held the parliamentary group chair, has set itself the goal of positioning the CDU as a strong counterweight to the SPD under Prime Minister Alexander Schweitzer. In his choice, Schnieder received 275 votes in favor and spoke of an "outstanding result". In his inaugural speech, he asked the party to work on its fame and warned of the dangers of the upcoming election reform, which the CDU could hit particularly hard. These developments show that the CDU is determined to take the political leadership again and to tackle the stallpolitan policy of the traffic lights, such as .