Berlin's governing mayor Kai Wegner withdrew his candidacy for CDU leader ahead of the September state parliament elections on Friday, July 10. However, he wants to keep the post of governing mayor for now, and in explaining the move he emphasized that he was elected specifically to that function. Tagesspiegel ↗
Berlin's CDU is thus changing its top candidate shortly before the election. According to available information, the district chairpersons of the party are pushing for finance senator Stefan Evers, an experienced member of Wegner's senate, to become the new leader. The party hastily called a press conference with Wegner for 3:00 p.m., which also raised questions about whether he might be about to resign from office. Tagesspiegel ↗
Wegner's position in the campaign is also burdened by the January power outage, which, according to German media, has carried over into the pre-election contest. The withdrawal of his candidacy therefore represents a political consequence of the crisis, but not yet a departure from the executive office at the head of Berlin. n-tv ↗
Further developments will depend on how quickly the CDU formally confirms the new leader and whether the party manages to stabilize its campaign ahead of the September vote. Wegner remains governing mayor at this stage, but his role in the CDU's pre-election strategy is changing significantly. Die Zeit ↗
Kai Wegner withdraws candidacy, wants to keep his post
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Kai Wegner zieht Spitzenkandidatur für Wahl im September zurück
Welt
| 14:42 10.07.
Wegner zieht Konsequenzen: Wegner: „Ich bin als Regierender Bürgermeister gewählt“
Tagesspiegel
| 15:44 10.07.
Wegner zieht Konsequenzen: Wegner: «Ich bin als Regierender Bürgermeister gewählt»
Die Zeit
| 15:43 10.07.
Wegner zieht Kandidatur zurück: CDU-Kreischefs: Finanzsenator soll Spitzenkandidat werden
Tagesspiegel
| 15:28 10.07.
Wegner will im Amt bleiben: Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister zieht Spitzenkandidatur zurück
n-tv
| 14:51 10.07.
Wenige Wochen vor Wahl: Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister Wegner zieht Spitzenkandidatur zurück
n-tv
| 14:51 10.07.
Kai Wegner in der Krise: Was passiert, wenn ein Regierender Bürgermeister zurücktritt?
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