The youth organisation of the CDU and the CSU has elected a Chairman. The English Parliament of the young Union of lower Saxony Kuban won in a vote against the Thuringian Gruhner.

The Young Union has chosen the lower Saxony lawyers Tilman Kuban, as the new Chairman. In a vote of the 31-Year-old won with 200 of 319 valid votes, or 62.7 percent against the members of Parliament and the Thuringian Chairman of the Junge Union, Stefan Gruhner,. The election, on the extraordinary English Parliament had become necessary because the previous Chairman, Paul Ziemiak was become in December, the new CDU General Secretary.

Previously, both candidates had delivered fierce attacks and at the same time of the Grand coalition distant. Gruhner called for before the delegates, the youth organization of the CDU and the CSU should more “be a thorn in the flesh of the Grand coalition”. It must be prevented, that the government wants to spend more money for social welfare acts as for digitizing, said the 34-Year-old.

Gruhner was defeated in the election of the Chairman.

Tough line in domestic policy,

Similar to that expressed against the candidate Kuban: The Young Union should not allow the government acts as with the topics of the future workers with social welfare, said the Chairman of the Junge Union in lower Saxony. Kuban also called for a hard line in domestic politics: “Who does not want to keep in our country, to our laws, in our country is not welcome.” Similar to Gruhner said, to the applause of the delegates.

Both candidates were behind the German car industry, railed against discussions of school toilets for a third sex and known to be a better equipment of the Bundeswehr. It could not be that of defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) have more children than the functioning of aircraft, said Kuban, in allusion to the seven-fold mother.

in Addition, Gruhner and Kuban parted violently against the Jusos and against the Green. “The Greens are not our ‘best buddies’, they are our enemies,” said Gruhner. Based on the positions of the Jusos to the abortion of the Thuringian called in the hall: “These anarchists must never bear responsibility in our country.” Both speakers were repeatedly interrupted by vigorous applause.

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