Unrest in union faction: brinkhaus wants to replace kauder

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unrest in union faction: brinkhaus wants to replace kauder

CDU politician ralph brinkhaus wants to unseat long-time incumbent volker kauder in the election of the new CDU/CSU parliamentary group chairman in the bundestag.

The current vice chairman of the parliamentary group has asked chancellor angela merkel (CDU) to propose him as a candidate for the presidency, the deutsche presse-agentur learned in berlin on wednesday from circles within the union parliamentary group.

Previously, the "welt" had reported that the 50-year-old deputy and financial expert from gutersloh was considering running against kauder, but had left that open in a conversation with him on monday. Brinkhaus did not want to openly declare his ambitions.

Kauder, who has led the parliamentary group since 2005, wants to run for office in a fight. The 68-year-old close runner-up to merkel told the "welt" newspaper when asked if he would have an opposing candidate: "that may be. But I’m running on the 25th. September in every case."

Kauder had already been punished in the re-election of the parliamentary group leader after his disappointing performance in the bundestag elections. The baden-wurttemberger had received only 77 percent, having previously had approval ratings of well over 90 percent in most cases. In 2013, he had even brought in 97.4 percent.

Brinkhaus has rarely been more rude in public before. He caused a stir in berlin in the spring when he strongly criticized the proposals of france’s president emmanuel macron for an eu reform. Among other things, he spoke out against a common truth fund and a finance minister for the eurozone. Brinkhaus has been in the bundestag since 2009 and has also been deputy chairman of the north rhine-westphalian CDU since 2016.

A group of critics of merkel within the union warned the CDU chairwoman to prevent a fight for the party chairmanship. "It is a devastating signal if the impression is given from above that another candidate for the chairmanship of the parliamentary group is unwanted," the chairman of the conservative values union told the "augsburger allgemeine" newspaper. He was pleased about brinkhaus’ ambitions. "It is in the interest of the union to show that it has a lot of smart people who are willing to take on responsibility."

cash auditors begin work in limburg diocese

It is still unclear how the commission will be composed and when it will deliver its first results. The chairman of the bishops' conference, robert zollitsch, had stressed in advance that he wanted to act swiftly, but to avoid hasty decisions. The result of the examination could determine whether or not the controversial bishop is allowed to remain in office.

Tebartz-van elst is accused of wastefulness in the construction of his new residence. The hamburger public prosecutor's office has also applied for a criminal warrant against him for making false declarations in lieu of an oath. This involves statements by the clergyman about a first-class flight to india.

For more than half an hour, zollitsch and pope franciscus exchanged views in rome on thursday and discussed, among other things, the limburger scandal. Zollitsch said afterwards, the "mitbruderlichen gesprach" had encouraged him, but he did not want to give details because of the "confidential nature" of the case do not call.
There was no decision to recall the bishop. Rather, it was expected that the pope would first gather further information and therefore some time could pass before a decision is made.

Waiting for the papal audience
Tebartz-van Elst has been in rome since sunday and has so far waited in vain for an audience with the pope. Whether and when there will be a meeting between him and franciscus was still unclear. Even zollitsch did not meet the controversial bishop during his time in rome, as it cut. The talk between zollitsch and pope francis had been planned for a long time.

Zollitsch had clearly distanced himself from his brother in limburger several times. He described the situation in the bishopric of limburg as difficult and oppressive. "I am sure that the bishop will fundamentally deal with the necessary self-criticism", he said a few days ago.

Numerous politicians, associations and church organizations have called on tebartz-van elst to resign from office. However, only franciscus can ultimately decide whether to remove him from office. He was also able to suggest to tebartz-van elst that he resign from office.

In recent days, numerous bishoprics have reacted to public criticism of the bishop's and church's financial conduct and disclosed their finances. Until now, most dioceses had not publicly accounted for episcopal assets that are not part of the regular budget, in accordance with the current canon law.

Because real tombstones stood in front of the so-called horror house in his amusement park, the operator must face charges on tuesday (13.30 o'clock) to answer before the district court in kitzingen. The 34-year-old is accused of disparaging the memory of the deceased. According to the public prosecutor's office, the man had bought the real tombstones from a stonemason for decorative purposes. At the same time, he had promised to make the inscriptions unrecognizable. However, this has not happened. Instead, in the summer of 2017, eight gravestones with fully legible inscriptions of the deceased stood in front of the "horror house. A girl had recognized the gravestone of her grandfather, who died in 1996, in the recreational area of geiselwind (district of kitzingen) and thus triggered the investigations.

Fine or imprisonment possible

The prosecution accuses the accused of having violated any boundaries of decency. He was only concerned with the marketing of the amusement park attraction.

In the event of a conviction, the man faces a fine or imprisonment of up to two years. The accused had appealed against a penalty order with a fine in the mid-four-digit range.

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