Hessenwahl in the ticker: Kramp-Karrenbauer and Spahn announce their candidacy for the presidency of the CDU party

After the election of state to

Hesse The parties meet on the spot and in Berlin to discuss the result. In Wiesbaden, the question arises as to which coalition in Hesse will govern in the future. The black-green alliance in place under Prime Minister Bouffier (CDU) has, after the provisional final result, only a very limited majority. In Berlin, after the poor performances of the CDU and the SPD in Hesse, the consequences for the grand coalition are likely to occur. Both parties lost Sunday in double digits. Chancellor Angela Merkel is already referring to the consequences. She no longer wants to run for the party presidency, according to the party. In December, a party leader in Hamburg will then elect a new leader or party leader.

The events of the day after the

Hesse election in the starticker:

+++ 12:46: Merkel's successor: even Jens Spahn wants to run for the CDU leadership +++

Health Minister Jens Spahn also wants to run for president of the CDU party. This said Spahn at a meeting of the federal executive of the CDU, as learned AFP news agency in the circles of participants. Earlier, the CDU's general secretary, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, announced during Angela Merkel's candidacy bid.

+++ 12h35: Kipping calls for Merkel's resignation as Chancellor +++

Left-wing leader Katja Kipping urged Angela Merkel to step down as head of government. "I find it inconsistent when Angela Merkel puts at her disposal only the presidency of her party," said AFP Kipping. However, it is no longer the direction of the CDU, "said Kipping, even the grand coalition within the federal government has lost its majority in the population" and it has, even worse, no idea of the way of meeting the challenges of the time. "Therefore, the Chancellor" should not slice the responsibility, but withdraw. "As political challenges, Kipping notably called" the future of work and of life ", as well as the energetic turning point.

Regarding the SPD, the leader of the left indirectly called for an end to the government's alliance with the Union. The SPD was "on the wrong track, if they believe it, with a roadmap to reach the goal," Kipping said in corresponding announcements from SPD chief Andrea Nahles. The Social Democrats should rather "curb urgently and change course before it is finally too late".

+++ 12:30 pm: Seehofer regrets Merkel's renunciation of the presidency of the CDU +++

CSU President Horst Seehofer lamented Angela Merkel's waiver of a new candidacy for the presidency of the CDU. "It's a shame," I said explicitly, "it's a shame," said Seehofer during the visit to the new anchor center for asylum seekers in Lebach, Saarland. "We had discussions, but it has always been respectful and mutually respectful cooperation," he added. "And in this respect, I think it's a pity that this break occurs now." It's ultimately a decision that only a person could take. "But I do not want to hide that I regret it."

+++ 12:23: Kramp-Karrenbauer announces his candidacy for the leadership of the CDU party +++

CDU Secretary General Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wants to present herself at the CDU party conference in Hamburg to succeed President Angela Merkel. This announced the Saarland, according to participants at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the CDU in Berlin.

+++ 12 hours: Merkel announces its release from the Bundestag 2021 +++

Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to appear following news from the German press agency after the end of the current legislature and no longer for the Bundestag. Merkel said that after her announcement at the head of the CDU, she no longer went to the party presidency. This would exclude another Chancellery from Merkel. She also wants to take over in Brussels in the European Union, no offices, said Merkel.

+++ 11:53: Merz application approved by CSU +++

The suggestive candidacy of Friedrich Merz as president of the CDU is approved at least in some parts of the CSU. "He (Friedrich Merz) is opening up a huge prospect to the CDU and is signaling against further erosion of the AfD," said the former secretary general and secretary of state of the CSU, Thomas Goppel, Munich. Goppel pointed out that he supported Merz's candidacy also in his role as the state president of the Union of Older Citizens within the CSU. The sisters of the Union need someone like him as a strong leader for the future.

+++ 11h52: Gauland: "It has a lot to do with us" +++

According to the leader of his party, Alexander Gauland, the AfD would have contributed to a loss of power of German Chancellor Angela Merkel within the CDU. AfD President Alexander Gauland said in Berlin: "This has a lot to do with us."

As the German news agency had learned from party circles, said Merkel at a meeting of the CDU party presidency, she would not run for December in the party presidency. Gauland answered the question of whether a change of staff in the leadership of the CDU in the next elections could be a problem for AFD: "If tomorrow (Federal Health Minister Jens) Spahn, the Chancellor we would have more difficulties. " On the other hand, if Merkel's successor was replaced by someone like Armin Laschet, prime minister of NRW, or by Daniel Günther, head of the government of Schleswig-Holstein, nothing would change for the moment. AFD.

+++ 11:51 Clock: CDU circles: Merkel wants to vote after each mandate and chancery +++

What almost everyone has suspected, is now official: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) wants to give the Chancellery after the current legislature. At the meeting of the federal executive of the CDU, Merkel said that it was his last term, as learned AFP news agency in the circles of participants. As a result, Merkel does not wish to take any post in Brussels.

+++ 11:49: Developments in the summary +++

The leader of the CDU, Angela Merkel, is ready to badume the presidency of the party after the heavy losses of her party during the legislative elections of Hesse – but she wishes to remain chancellor. The 64-year-old German news agency learned about it at a meeting of the presidium in Berlin. Until now, Merkel had always insisted that both offices should be linked. She has been at the head of the CDU for 18 years and Chancellor for 13 years.

The succession to the party leadership could be regulated at the CDU party conference in early December in Hamburg. Candidates for the Presidency, the former chairman of the Union Group, Friedrich Merz. The dpa learned from Merz's environment.

+++ 11:47: The conservative wing of the CDU calls for a realignment of the party +++

The conservative wing of the CDU calls for a withdrawal of Merkel from the party presidency, a major party reorientation. "The new leadership of the party must be able to reunite the party and once again provide a political home for conservatives, liberals-liberals and voters," said Alexander Mitsch, president of the securities union, AFP.

"In addition to shaping our social market economy and a federal Europe, it is above all a true shift in asylum," he added. After 18 years at the CDU, Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to give the presidency of the party. This was reported Monday by the party circles.

A Merkel withdrawal gives the CDU the opportunity, "after years of social democratization and dilution of the profile, once again that Christian Democrat policy is applied," said Mitsch. The value union will work so that "this change of policy does not stop at the doors of the Chancellery".

+++ 11h36: Jusos in Schleswig-Holstein wants a special evening SPD +++

The offspring of the Schleswig-Holstein SPD are calling for the bitter loss of the parliamentary elections in Hesse, a special party of the Social Democrats. There, the course of the grand coalition must be the subject of a critical discussion, said the backroom Juso-Landesvorsitzende Sophia. In Hessen, the SPD sank on Sunday from 10.9 points to 19.8%.

Juso Landeschefin Sliding talked about catastrophic losses. The SPD is in a sorry state. "If the SPD wants to regain its credibility and trust, we must rethink," said Schiebe. "The signals from Bavaria and Hesse must be heard in Berlin." Even within the party, the party executive has lost confidence. "The renewal must be accelerated and determined."

+++ 11h33: Althusmann warns of a long discussion after Merkel's withdrawal from the party presidency +++

Lower Saxony CDU President Bernd Althusmann has called on his party after Chancellor Angela Merkel's expected withdrawal from the party presidency to quickly clarify the succession. It now depends on "not engaging in endless staff discussions," said Althusmann in the margins of the executive committee's deliberations.

Merkel made a very personal decision, "deserves the utmost respect," added Althusmann. "This allowed the CDU to reposition itself."

+++ 11:26: Head of the CDU in Hamburg: Merkel's decision deserves the highest respect +++

In the opinion of Roland Heintze, leader of the CDU in Hamburg, Chancellor Angela Merkel deserves "the greatest respect" for her decision to renounce the presidency of the party. "This proves once again that she is responding wisely and cautiously," said Heintze of the German news agency.

Before the party congress in early December in Hamburg, the CDU should decide who was the right person at the head of the party to master the current challenges. "Because it's not just a personnel decision, but also how to convince citizens of the content again," Heintze said.

+++ 11:20: The leader of the CDU Thüringen: "the turn of the century" +++

Thüringen CDU country chief Mike Mohring described Chancellor Angela Merkel's desire to renounce the party's presidency as a "period change". Mohring also stated that prior to the party's internal deliberations in Berlin, it was important that the staff debates at the CDU be no longer too long. There must be a "clear perspective".

+++ 10h52: Andrea Nahles sees no reason for staff impact in SPD +++

Unlike Chancellor Angela Merkel, Andrea Nahles, president of the SPD, sees no need for personal consequences for her party. A reorganization is not involved in the SPD, "said Nahles in Berlin, reacting to the message that Chancellor Angela Merkel no longer wants to run for the presidency of the CDU, and she wanted to comment on Nahles.

+++ 10:55: Lindner: "Merkel gives the wrong office"

FDP leader Christian Lindner asks Angela Merkel to step down as Chancellor. "For his party, the resignation of the presidency could be good," said Lindner in Berlin. "Because the resignation of the country as Chancellor would be a good thing, Ms. Merkel gives the wrong office."

+++ 10:45 am: AfD calls Merkel's decision "good news" +++

The AFD has described as "good news" the decision of Angela Merkel to give up the presidency of the CDU. Party leader Jörg Meuthen said in Berlin that it would then be obvious "that she is also giving up her Chancellor's post". Merkel had repeatedly linked the party presidency and the role of the Chancellery. Chancellor "begins to understand the signs of the times," said Meuthen.

Co-chair Alexander Gauland said Merkel was now trying to leave to save his own party. "It has a lot to do with us," said AfD politician. As for possible future coalitions, Gauland said that there was "a lot more in the CDU that needs to change to have any chance to work together in the distant future".

+++ 10h37: Reports: Friedrich Merz wants to run for president of the CDU +++

The former parliamentary leader of the Union, Friedrich Merz, wants to run for president of the CDU. This learned Monday at the DPA news agency and the newspaper "Bild" in Merz's environment.

+++ 10h35: Schäfer-Gümbel does not exclude "traffic lights" +++

Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, a top SPD candidate in Hessen, did not rule out the formation of a coalition "traffic light" with the Greens and the FDP. Schäfer-Gümbel told Berlin that the SPD will "take no option". You are ready for interviews. It did not mean whether the SPD would support a green head of government. The Greens lost just under 100 votes before the second SPD force in Hesse. An alliance of traffic lights would have a majority of one seat.

+++ 10h31: Merkel comments on Chancery +++

Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to give up the presidency of the CDU, but remains Chancellor. Merkel said at a party presidency meeting that the German news agency had learned from party circles. Until now, she had always insisted that the two offices should be linked.

+++ 10:15: Merkel no longer wants to run for the presidency of the party +++

Chancellor Angela Merkel is ready to relinquish the presidency of the CDU after the mbadive loss of her party's votes in the legislative elections in Hesse. This Merkel announced at a party presidency meeting, learned DPA and AFP news agencies of the party circles.

The succession to the leadership of the party could already be settled at the CDU party conference in early December in Hamburg. Merkel has been the boss of the CDU for 18 years. She has always insisted that for them the party chair and the chancery go hand in hand.

As previously in Bavaria, the Union lost Sunday in Hesse with double-digit losses. At the CDU, the call for personal consequences was therefore strong. During the day, the party committees in Wiesbaden and Berlin want to discuss the consequences of the result.

+++ 9h36: Oettinger for the renewal of Merkels' candidacy as head of the CDU +++

EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger (CDU) has spoken despite the CDU's heavy losses in the election of the state of Hesse for the renewal of Chancellor Angela Merkel's candidacy for the party leader. "I think you can always check the composition of the team," Oettinger said when he arrived at the CDU committee meetings in Berlin. "But when she is ready, I will think a lot about her pursuit and, above all, about her election." The party presidency was an excellent addition to the Chancellery.

+++ 9.18 clock: Kramp-Karrenbauer rejects the staff debate "shortcut" +++

DU secretary-general Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer warned after her party's heavy losses in the Hessian parliamentary elections before a debate among staff members. "I think that an abbreviated debate solely on staff does not help," she said Monday in the n-tv transmitter. "Incidentally, we can see in the SPD that, so to speak, only the question" which is at the top and you replace it? "It's not a recipe for success, otherwise the SPD should act differently today."

On the question of whether Chancellor Angela Merkel could run again in December as head of the CDU, Kramp-Karrenbauer stressed that the party had always taken sides for the governance and the presidency of the party to be in a hand. And Merkel also said to join this line.

+++ 8.44 clock: Lindner offers in case of failure of GroKo support for a minority government +++

The leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, has offered in case of failure of the grand coalition to the federal government, his party could support a minority government CDU / CSU. In this case, "we will constructively support the work of the government and ensure the country's ability to act," Lindner told the newspapers of the Funke media group. However, the Union and the FDP would not together have the majority in the Bundestag.

A fresh start for a Jamaican coalition with Union and the Greens under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has excluded Lindner. "The FDP will not enter any government led by Merkel," he told Spark newspapers. A departure in Germany was "not possible in the current constellation with Mrs. Merkel".

The bitter losses suffered by the CDU and the SPD in Hesse's Sunday elections led Lindner to vote against the "GroKo" in the Bund. He also criticized the Greens, who won mbadively in the elections. These would have "a left program unchanged", which is problematic for the FDP.

+++ 9.11 clock: Twitter reactions to Hessenwahl's video +++

+++ 8.43 clock: Bouffier wants a bipartite alliance +++

Hessen Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) is in favor of a double alliance after the elections. "We really need clear conditions soon," he told the hr-info radio station. He suggested that the CDU committees offer discussions on the SPD, the Greens and the FDP. "It's clear that a two-tiered alliance is, of course, more likely than the three alliances," Bouffier said. "But we want to talk to everyone." A black-green coalition with the majority of a single seat in the future Wiesbadener Landtag that he considers a challenge, but also a discipline.

+++ 8.41 clock: Kühnert asks for a quick decision on the future of GroKo +++

After the heavy slap of the SPD during the state election in Hesse Juso, Kevin Kühnert, the CEO, called for a quicker response than that proposed by the party leadership to decide the future of the coalition with The union. The work of the federal government should not be tried before half of the legislature, said Kühnert in the RBB Inforadio. It would take him "decidedly too long".

There is not a year left for this coalition to prove that cooperation is working, "said Kühnert, who is now expected to accelerate, the problem is" paralyzing paralysis in the grand coalition ".

For the moment, the leader of the SPD, Andrea Nahles, is at least part of the continuation of the grand coalition, while describing the incredible state of the Alliance. The Union and the SPD should now agree on a "binding roadmap". When implementing the "mid-term review" of the government in the middle of the legislature, it will be decided whether the SPD in the coalition is still "lifted right".

+++ 8.39 clock: Amthor calls a clear concept of Merkel +++

CDU Bundestag MP Philipp Amthor has future Chancellor Angela Merkel as party leader after the CDU's heavy losses in the election conditions in the state of Hesse. "I think if the Chancellor is also expected, because we have the concept of returning to 40%, it can also be adopted," he told Deutschlandfunk.

At the CDU party conference in early December, "clear crossing points" need to be defined, so a "goodbye" should not exist, said the 25-year-old. "I suppose that Angela Merkel will of course now openly discuss in the party's committees the way forward, the options that are available to her and I am also confident that good decisions will be made on this. based."

+++ 8.21 hour: Economists warn of political stalemate +++

After the general elections in Hesse, leading German economists warned against a political stalemate in federal politics. The government must "act urgently on a number of issues, instead of bringing the forces into the struggle for power," said the president of the Ifo Institute in Munich, Clemens Fuest, the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung " (paid content)Germany alone can not afford months of suspension due to developments in the EU, he said, citing Brexit and the budget dispute with the EU. l & # 39; Italy.

Michael Hüther, director of the German Institute for Economic Research (IW), told the newspaper that Germany did not need a single government, but a government "able to act". Similarly, the president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Marcel Fratzscher. "The federal government is now obliged to prepare Germany for the future by investing smartly in education, innovation, infrastructure and more sustainable social systems," Fratzscher said. of the FAZ.

The federal government runs the risk of "wasting those golden years economically because it creates too much customer policy and policy for the future, at the expense of future generations," said DIW's president .

+++ 8.19 clock: Habeck can not imagine Jamaica +++

Green leader Robert Habeck can not imagine a Jamaican coalition with the CDU and the FDP in Hesse. "I think the question is no longer now," said Habeck in the ARD "Morgenmagazin". Hessian FDP main candidate, Rene Rock, ruled out a further expansion of wind power in the state. "So more energy transition in Hesse, so no contribution to climate protection or the fight against climate change, which would certainly not be possible with the Greens," said Habeck.

For a government formation with the Union, the FDP is no longer needed, Habeck said. "The question is whether the FDP and the SPD want to try a light with the Greens." But he sees big obstacles, because the FDP must then "very largely" say goodbye to his program.

+++ 08h06: FDP cancellation in Jamaica +++

After the CDU and the Greens ran for the Hessian elections, but still in a narrow majority at Wiesbaden Landtag, FDP lead candidate Rene Rock spoke out against a Jamaican alliance. "If Black-Green has a majority, the FDP will not participate in the government," Rock told Radio Hitradio FFH. "If someone has a democratic majority, he should play it too." As a "spare wheel", it makes no sense, "if you do not have real political levers in one coalition, but the other still has the majority without you.

+++ 7h51: Beginning of poker: Greens keep all options open +++

After the record result of the Greens in the election of the state of Hesse, the lead candidate Tarek Al-Wazir wants to make the decision of a coalition with essentially content. "We will now have to look very closely at how things are going to be," he told the hr-info radio station. "Politics should be decisive in the end." Asked about the coalition of his dreams, the green leader did not give a clear answer.

The Greens had achieved a "tremendous result", they had entered spheres in which they had never been "at the height of the eyes of the SPD". "We have to make something sensible now." He does not want to act differently than before. "No, it would be crazy," said Al-Wazir. They want to continue to be problem-oriented and problem-oriented.

The 13.1% for AfD in the regional elections called Al-Wazir "too much". "Of course, we will have to work hard over the next few years to reduce this again." AfD will change the climate in parliament – "not for the better".

+++ 6.54: Schäfer-Gümbel, SPD candidate, leaves the future free +++

After the SPD's heavy defeat in the parliamentary elections in Hessen, the main candidate, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel, left his political future open. "We will talk tonight about the consequences we draw," he said Monday morning at the hr-info radio station. They suffered a "real defeat," Schäfer-Gümbel said. "An unbelievable defeat even this morning." During the election campaign, the SPD defined the topics discussed in relation to national politics. "And yet, we have drastically lost this election in the first place because of the federal trend."

+++ 3.34 clock: it continues so after the Hessenwahl +++

After the elections in the state of Hesse, party committees in the federal and state governments will discuss their next steps on Monday. For CDU and

SPD the result means another heavy defeat. Both suffered double-digit losses in Hesse, both of which were mainly responsible for the emergence of the grand coalition in Berlin. On the suggestion of party leader Andrea Nahles, the SPD wishes to advise the committee and the executive committee on a catalog of criteria on how the grand coalition can work better in the future and when a red line is crossed. for the SPD.

+++ 1.54 Clock: Official final result: "traffic lights" also possible +++

Have in the state election in Hesse

CDU and the SPD have suffered heavy losses. After the provisional final result, the CDU rose to 27.0% on Sunday, the SPD to 19.8%, the Greens to 19.8%, the AFD to 13.1%, the FDP to 7.5% and the left at 6%. 3 percent.

+++ 1.38 clock: the greens bring five constituencies +++

The Greens of Hesse won a total of five direct terms in Sunday's parliamentary elections. Main candidate Tarek Al-Wazir triumphed in his Offenbach constituency with 27.5 percent of the constituencies against CDU and SPD candidates, as announced by the provincial election administration. The Greens were also in the lead in the constituency. Five years ago, the CDU obtained the direct mandate.

The second Green candidate, Priska Hinz, however, could not win in the circle of Lahn Dill. There, the CDU won the direct mandate, as it did five years ago. Hinz is the former Minister of Environment of the Black-Green Government, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Transportation of Al-Wazir and the Deputy Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU).

Their second constituency won the Greens in Darmstadt directly. Candidate Hildegard Förster-Heldmann left behind CDU and SPD. A constituency of Kbadel went directly to Green Party candidate Vanessa Gronemann. Greens Miriam Dahlke and Marcus Bocklet won two constituencies in Frankfurt.

+++ 1.12 clock: Johannes Kahrs (SPD) attacks the union +++

After the poor results of the SPD elections in Hesse, the federal SPD strongly criticizes the partners of the coalition, CDU and CSU. "The Union is solely responsible for the catastrophic appearance of the coalition," said spokesman for the Seeheimer Kreis within the SPD faction, Johannes Kahrs, from the newspapers of the Funke press group. "The indescribable impression of the ongoing dispute between CDU and CSU, especially because of the constant friction between Merkel and Seehofer, must stop."

"The SPD can no longer accept the misery of a political chasm at the head of the Union," Kahrs said. "On the factual level, the coalition is working well – but the SPD is dragged into the terrible appearance of the coalition, which is shaped by the Union and is therefore suffering damage," complained the spokesman from the right wing of the SPD. "The Union needs to know that we are not ready to do that before long." The SPD now wants to clarify "the content that will be applied by September 2019 in the coalition – we will take stock at half-time," added Kahrs. "C'est le point de rupture – je ne peux que conseiller à tout le monde de faire un effort jusque-là."

+++ 1.04 heure: le chef de la CDU de Thuringe réclame des conséquences +++

Après les élections en Hesse et dans la perspective des élections régionales dans le Brandebourg, la Saxe et la Thuringe en 2019, le dirigeant thuringien de la CDU, Mike Mohring, a réclamé les conséquences de la chancelière allemande Angela Merkel (CDU). "Si elle aborde les sujets, bien sûr, elle a la popularité", a déclaré Mohring au "Handelsblatt". "Les gens s'attendent à un gouvernement fédéral efficace."

"La grande coalition a besoin d'un nouveau départ et doit enfin se concentrer sur le travail et décider où des solutions sont attendues", a déclaré Mohring. Le gouvernement fédéral devait prouver "que l'État est capable d'agir".

Si Merkel devait être réélue au congrès du parti fédéral en décembre, la CDU serait "bien inspirée de les soutenir", a déclaré Mohring, directeur du "Handelsblatt". La CDU ne devrait pas organiser un "congrès du parti du chaos", "avec de graves conséquences pour la gouvernabilité du pays dans un environnement politique mondial difficile". Toute autre solution ne ferait qu’agoniser l’état de l’emploi indépendant.

+++ 0.30 heure: Dreyer annonce une démarcation plus claire de l'Union +++

Après les lourdes pertes du SPD lors des élections régionales à Hesse, le chef adjoint du SPD, Malu Dreyer, a annoncé une démarcation plus nette de son parti de l'Union dans la grande coalition au sein du gouvernement fédéral. "Nous avons été trop indulgents avec le partenaire de la coalition à Berlin", a-t-elle déclaré au "Rheinische Post". Le conflit entre les partis syndicaux CDU et CSU avait également porté préjudice au SPD en tant que partenaire de la coalition. Le SPD a insisté sur une feuille de route contraignante pour la suite des travaux de la grande coalition. "L'Union est dans le train." En vue d'une éventuelle démission du dirigeant de la CSU, Horst Seehofer, a déclaré Dreyer: "Nous n'attendrons pas que Seehofer quitte ou non."

+++ 0.22 clock: Linnemann appelle les conséquences +++

Après les lourdes pertes de la CDU lors des élections législatives de Hesse, le président de l'Association des PME de l'Union, Carsten Linnemann, a exigé des conséquences du chef du parti et de la chancelière Angela Merkel. "Tous ceux qui veulent faire un beau discours à Berlin n'ont pas reconnu les signes des temps", a-t-il déclaré à la "Rheinische Post". "Unsere mbadiven Stimmenverluste lbaden befürchten, dbad wir weiterhin dabei sind, unseren Status als Volkspartei zu verlieren." Spätestens bei der CDU-Vorstandsklausur am 4. und 5. November in Berlin müsse die Führungsspitze darlegen, wie die CDU die Wende schaffen solle.

+++ 0.07 Uhr: Bouffier gewinnt Wahlkreis in Gießen +++

Bei der Landtagswahl in Hessen hat Ministerpräsident Volker Bouffier (CDU) seinen Wahlkreis in Gießen gegen den SPD-Spitzenkandidaten Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel erneut direkt gewonnen. Wie die Wahlleitung mitteilte, holte Bouffier 33,8 Prozent der Wahlkreisstimmen. Auf Schäfer-Gümbel entfielen demnach 26,7 Prozent. Vor fünf Jahren hatte Bouffier noch 46,9 Prozent erreicht, Schäfer-Gümbel 39,3 Prozent.

+++ 0.06 Uhr. Habeck kritisiert Nahles +++

Grünen-Chef Robert Habeck hält den Versuch der SPD-Vorsitzenden Andrea Nahles, die Arbeit der großen Koalition mit Hilfe eines Kriterienkatalogs zu verbessern, für untauglich. Eine solche "technische Maßnahme" sei genau falsch, um wieder mehr Vertrauen für die Arbeit der SPD und der großen Koalition zu gewinnen, sagte Habeck in der ARD-Sendung "Anne Will". "Was sich da ändern soll, ist das Geheimnis von Frau Nahles."

Auf Vorschlag von Nahles wollen die Sozialdemokraten bereits an diesem Montag in Präsidium und Vorstand über einen Kriterienkatalog beraten, wie die GroKo künftig besser arbeiten kann und wann für die SPD eine rote Linie erreicht ist.

Die große Koalition müsse für eine Verbesserung ihrer Arbeit auch personelle Konsequenzen ziehen, meinte Habeck. "Vielleicht Herrn Seehofer nach Hause schicken, das wäre mal ein Start." CDU-Generalsekretärin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

+++ 0.04 Uhr: CDU-Landesgruppenchef fordert Merkel zum Handeln auf und kritisiert Seehofer +++

Der Landesgruppenchef der Hessen-CDU im Bundestag, Michael Brand, hat nach den mbadiven Stimmenverlusten für seine Partei bei der hessischen Landtagswahl von Kanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) Veränderungen gefordert. "Jetzt kommt es darauf an, dbad auch Angela Merkel die Botschaft versteht und entsprechend handelt, dbad sie endlich offener wird, mehr zu Gespräch und Beteiligung einlädt, und dbad die bleierne Atmosphäre endet, die sich über die Union in Berlin gelegt hat", sagte er dem Nachrichtenportal t-online.de.

"Dieses Ergebnis war ein klarer Kinnhaken, und der ist aus Berlin gekommen", sagte der Abgeordnete aus Fulda weiter. Er warf Bundesgesundheitsminister Horst Seehofer (CSU) mit Blick auf den Asylstreit der Union vor, die große Koalition über Monate hinweg "in Geiselhaft" genommen zu haben.

+++ 0.00 Uhr: Grünen-Spitzenkandidat Al-Wazir holt Direktmandat in Offenbach +++

Der hessische Grünen-Spitzenkandidat Tarek Al-Wazir hat bei der Landtagswahl in seinem Wahlkreis Offenbach-Stadt das Direktmandat geholt. Al-Wazir setzte sich mit 27,5 Prozent der Wahlkreisstimmen gegen die Bewerber von CDU und SPD durch, wie die Landeswahlleitung am Abend mitteilte. Auch bei den Landesstimmen lagen die Grünen in dem Wahlkreis vorn. Vor fünf Jahren hatte die CDU das Direktmandat geholt.