Column by Marie von den Benken: Character phenomenon or insulted liver sausage - what drives Carsten Linnemann?

Carsten Linnemann wanted to become Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour, now he remains CDU Secretary General. It is already the second unexpected dent in Linnemann's otherwise flawless and stainless success corserie.

Carsten Linnemann, the architect of the CDU economic agenda, is not becoming a minister. Two versions circulate internally about the reasons. But in fact his influence could soon grow. Moreover, the secretary-general is to end the existence of the CDU as "appendage of the chancellor as well as under Merkel.

Carsten Linnemann could have become a minister – and yet he renounces an active role in the new federal government. Instead, he wants to continue from the Adenauer House the reorganization of the party, which was run off in the Merkel years.

CSU General Secretary Martin Huber promises to implement border rejections within the first four weeks of the CDU/CSU/SPD coalition taking office. Asked whether this was conceivable within such a timeframe, Huber told the newspapers of the Bavarian Media Group: "Yes, the issue of migration must be addressed quickly." Talks with our European neighbors are already underway. "We must act quickly. This is how we want to stop the rise of extremist fo…

A few days ago, Carsten Linnemann had explained in an interview in the Westfalenblatt that he dared to become a minister. He sounded markedly there and decided: "Yes, I trust in an office in the cabinet. "Even the political sparrows just whistled from every channel of the media Neu-Versaille of Berlin-Mitte that the general secretary of the CDU, Carsten Linnemann, the new Federal Minister of Economics in the future cabinet Merz-Klingbeil becomes…

Every morning from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. NiUS-LIVE-Moderator Alex Purrucker illuminates the topics that move millions of people and talk about Germany. On Wednesday he welcomes the NiUS-reporters Alexander Kissler, Jan Karon and Ralf Schuler in the studio. The topics today: Linnemann remains CDU-Secretary-General. The most important man of Friedrich Merz renounces a ministerial office. In this way he fulfills a promise: No change of politics, no Mini…