Will Gordon Schnied be the new hope of the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU?

Will Gordon Schnied be the new hope of the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU?

political course in Rhineland-Palatinate & Saarland

In the evening in Mainz, the CDU state board of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate made an important decision. Gordon Schnieder will take over the leadership of the state party in the future. This nomination raises the question of whether Schnied will also compete as the top candidate of the Christian Democrats in the upcoming state election campaign.

A clarity of the committee's clarity led to a unanimous vote for Schnieder's candidacy. The 49-year-old is to officially compete for the position of party leader at the upcoming state party conference on September 21st in Frankenthal.

The current CDU state chair Christian Baldauf paved the way for Schnieder and argued that the two top offices should be united in one hand. If Schnieder successfully runs the choice, he is open to the opportunity to compete in Rhineland-Palatinate as the top candidate of the CDU in the 2026 state election. In this case, he would probably be the challenger of the newly elected Prime Minister Alexander Schweitzer from the SPD.

Schnieder expressed his joy over the broad support of the state board. He looks forward to the election of the state chairman with a tailwind and confidence and plans to send a signal of the departure to the entire CDU party family in Rhineland-Palatinate and beyond.

- Nag