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83-632: Armin Laschet ( German pronunciation: [ˈaʁmiːn ˈlaʃət] ; born 18 February 1961) is a German politician who served as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 June 2017 to 26 October 2021. He served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 22 January 2021 to 31 January 2022. He was elected to the German Bundestag following the 2021 German federal election . Laschet earned

166-624: A certificate of having passed the Abitur , the German equivalent of a university entrance qualification. In these times this Abitur was not necessary to study on a technical university. The fraternities of these universities accepted such students. Those fraternities founded their own organizations because they could not gain membership in the Cartellverband. Because it abolished the precondition of Abitur in 1904, those fraternities could also join

249-469: A core issue. Ahead of a parliamentary vote in June 2017, Laschet expressed his opposition against Germany's introduction of same-sex marriage , going so far as to say it would be unconstitutional. During the 2021 German federal election Laschet gave a different position in a town hall, where he claimed he would have voted in favour of same-sex marriage. In 2018, Laschet described the treehouses protesting

332-598: A daughter. The family resides in Aachen's Burtscheid district. His wife belongs to a prominent Aachen family of French-speaking Walloon origin and is the niece of CDU politician and lord mayor of Aachen Kurt Malangré ; the Malangré family moved from Haine-Saint-Pierre in Belgium to Stolberg to establish a glass production business in the second half of the 19th century. His son Johannes ("Joe") Laschet, who studies law,

415-404: A flood-hit town, Laschet was caught laughing on camera and came under fire later despite his apology that 'It was stupid and shouldn't have happened and I regret it'. This was a decisive factor in the fact that all but 7 percent of those surveyed were positive about the provincial premier's management of the flood crisis. Following this incident, CDU/CSU suffered heavily in opinion polls and SPD took

498-514: A foreign policy that is independent of other major powers such as Russia or the US. Laschet also hopes for more strategic thinking and action from the EU, saying it "must become fit for global politics." In 2015, Laschet was criticised for not standing up for German interests when it was revealed that US intelligence agencies are illegally spying on German citizens and businesses. German experts estimate that by

581-470: A joint CDU/CSU chancellorship candidacy for Markus Söder , the president of the smaller Bavarian sister party, the CSU. Polls conducted immediately before the party congress showed that 55 percent of voters considered Söder a good candidate for chancellor, while 80 percent of CDU/CSU supporters thought he was a good candidate, compared to only 27 percent and 32 percent respectively for Laschet. Söder opted for

664-704: A late-night meeting of the CDU leadership in Berlin , it was announced that in a secret ballot , 77.5 percent of those present at the meeting had finally backed Laschet, compared to just 22.5 percent for Söder. Thus, it was a foregone conclusion that Armin Laschet would be in the running to become chancellor of the CDU/CSU coalition in September 2021. Asked why he did not step aside from his own candidacy for chancellor, as polls had shown that he had significantly worse chances than

747-593: A law degree and worked as a journalist before and during his early political career. In 1994 he was elected to the German Bundestag and in 1999 he became a Member of the European Parliament . In 2005 he entered state politics in North Rhine-Westphalia as a member of the state government. In 2012 he became leader of the state party, and he was elected Prime Minister of the state in 2017. His Cabinet consisted of members of his own CDU and

830-2119: A red book. The manteling is made in the colors green, dubbled silver on the left side, dubbled red and gold on the right side. in the manteling is a white ribbon with the motto. The Cartellverband has an official anthem, called Laßt ihr buntbemützten Scharen . The text was written by Heinrich Gassert, a member of Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau, in 1885, the melody was adopted from the former popular song Strömt herbei ihr Völkerscharen , composed by Peter Johannes Peters in 1867. It has six strophes, which are following: 1.Laßt Ihr buntbemützten Scharen schallen euren Festgesang, aus dem Liede der Scholaren töne laut der Freiheit Klang! Singet deutscher Art zum Preise drum ein rechtes Burschenlied, durch des´ Wort und durch des´ Weise frisch der Hauch der Freiheit zieht. 2.Singt zum Preise Eurer Farben, die der Schönheit Glanz verklärt! Was die Neider dran verdarben, nicht des Scheltens ist es wert. Unsre Farben, die wir tragen, schmücken unsrer Ehre Schild. Sind nach außen drum geschlagen, weil´s ihn blank zu halten gilt. 3. Greift die Freundschaft hoch zu preisen, in die Saiten tief und voll, Freundschaft muß die Losung heißen, wenn der Bund bestehen soll. Deutsche Freundschaft sich bewähret, sie ist treu bis in den Tod, und die Liebe sie verkläret, wie den Fels das Abendrot. 4.Auf das Auge zu den Sternen, auf den Blick zum Himmelszelt, wo ein Gott in heil´gen Fernen Eures Bundes Banner hält. Auf zum heil´gen Fahneneide, hebt die Bruderhand und schwört, daß dem Gott im Sternenkleide ewig Euer Herz gehört! 5.Tretet her, Ihr Musensöhne, an des Wissens heil'gen Born; Schöpft das Gute, trinkt das Schöne aus der Weisheit Wunderhorn. Bringt der Schönheit Eure Liebe als ein reines Opfer dar, legt des Herzens beste Triebe auf der Wahrheit Hochaltar. 6.Reicht die Hand Euch, Ihr vom Rheine, Ihr vom Neckar, Ihr vom Main, Ihr vom schroffen Alpenstein, ihr vom grünen Eichenhain. Euer Burschenwort zum Pfande, laßt es schallen himmelwärts: Unserm deutschen Vaterlande, unsre Hand und unser Herz. Only fraternities are members of

913-665: A sign of gratitude for their role in helping French citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic in France . In an honour reserved for special guests, Macron invited Laschet into the Élysée Palace 's gardens. Laschet was a fierce defender of Chancellor Merkel's migration policies during the European migrant crisis of 2015. In 2016, Laschet dismissed proposals for a so-called burqa ban as a "phony debate" and distraction from more pressing issues. However, his party later adopted this policy as

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996-470: A wait-and-see strategy, finally announcing at a press conference in Munich on 19 April 2021 that he would not delay the nomination of his candidate for chancellor as the federal elections approached, and that he and his party, the CSU, would therefore accept the decision of the CDU's "big sister" executive board meeting, which began that day, as binding on both him and his party, the CSU. Subsequently, following

1079-408: A white shield on his breast, the old sign of Christ, Chi-Rho , within; on red a green hill with a white tower and a golden star on each side. A Helmet with a medieval student on top, in a green coat, doubled gold and yellow, a sword on his right side. In the left hand, he has a flag with a golden cross on a red shield containing the letters C and V surrounded by a green wreath. In the left hand he has

1162-705: Is Hendrik Wüst , heading a coalition government between the Christian Democratic Union and Alliance 90/The Greens . Wüst succeeded Armin Laschet following his resignation in 2021. The office of the Minister President is known as the State Chancellery ( German : Staatskanzlei ), and is located in the capital of Düsseldorf , along with the rest of the cabinet departments. The German title Ministerpräsident may be translated literally as Minister-President , although

1245-756: Is a German umbrella organization of Catholic male student fraternities ( Studentenverbindung ). During the period of 19th century in Germany called the Kulturkampf , the Prussian state tried to reduce the influence of the Catholic Church. As a result of this, many Catholic organizations were founded in order to withstand this pressure by forming a single front. Catholic students of several universities in Germany , Austria and Switzerland formed Catholic fraternities. These Catholic fraternities were

1328-618: Is a blogger and model, described as a fashion influencer on Instagram. After serving as staffer to the President of the Bundestag , Laschet became a member of the German Bundestag in the 1994 election . He was elected in the single-member constituency of Aachen I , after the incumbent Hans Stercken retired. He was on the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development and on the Committee for European Union Affairs. In addition, he

1411-642: Is also member of the consortium of Catholic Organizations (AGV), of the Pax Romana - International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs and the Catholic of Germany and several other organizations. Today the German (CV) and Austrian (ÖCV) Cartellverband together unite more than 177 active and 12 inactive German student fraternities in Germany , Austria , Switzerland , Belgium , France , Hungary , Italy , Japan , Poland , Slovakia and Syria . Today they represent 42,000 academics throughout

1494-758: Is publisher of a magazine, called Academia , which is published five times a year. This magazine was founded in 1888. Nearly every fraternity of the Cartellverband is founded upon four guiding principles: The fraternities of the Cartellverband historically do not practise academic fencing (Mensur) because it was forbidden by the Roman Catholic Church. Academic fencing is common with the more liberal student fraternities that already existed in German-speaking countries. Owing to this restriction, Catholic students had to organize themselves in separate fraternities. The fraternities only accept men into

1577-463: Is standing ready with billions to help Greece in such a scenario." In October 2011, he signed George Soros ' open letter calling for more European Union involvement in the single currency turmoil. In 2020 alone, Laschet met with French president Emmanuel Macron three times. Alongside Jens Spahn , Laschet was invited by Macron of France to attend the 2020 Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, in

1660-523: Is the terrorist groups al-Nusra and al-Qaida , financed from Qatar and Saudi Arabia , who are introducing Sharia courts and fighting Syria's religious diversity". In 2013, Laschet also criticised Westerwelle's demand to release former President Mohammed Mursi after the coup in Egypt in 2013 , as minorities and Christians in particular had suffered under Mursi. List of Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia The current Minister-President

1743-764: Is unjustified. Barkin further argues that Laschet has also been against "demonizing" Putin for the Russian annexation of Crimea . At the same time, Laschet said that Germany should increase military spending and take on a greater share of military burdens within NATO. He argued that the Bundeswehr should take on more responsibility in Africa, around the Mediterranean and in Mali. In 2018, Laschet cancelled his appearances at

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1826-538: The 2021 German federal election , after rival Markus Söder conceded. He was born to an observant Roman Catholic family of German-speaking Walloon origin; his father's parents were both of Belgian origin. He is married to Susanne Malangré , whom he met in a Catholic children's choir when they were children and who is a member of a prominent Aachen political family of French-speaking Walloon origin. Laschet resigned as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia on 25 October 2021 in order to resume his membership of

1909-528: The Altherrenbund , representing students and alumni. Each fraternity has one vote. In addition to the meetings, the programme during a Cartellversammlung consists of a ball, a Kommers and a Holy Mass on Sunday. For spouses of members and girlfriends, there is a parallel cultural program. Superior executive institution is the CV-Rat (CV Council). Chairman is the chairman of the executive committee of

1992-637: The Bundestag . On 9 February 2024, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from TED University . Laschet is a lecturer in political science at the University of Munich . Laschet was born in Burtscheid , a suburb of Aachen , about three kilometres from the Belgian and Dutch borders, to parents Heinrich Laschet and Marcella née Frings; he was raised in an observant Roman Catholic family. His father

2075-478: The COVID-19 pandemic in Germany 's most populous state poorly. The election of the new CDU party president, after several postponements due to the coronavirus epidemic, took place only at the two-day party congress in mid-January 2021, which was the first fully digital congress in the party's history. On the second day of the congress, 16 January 2021, Laschet won 38.42% of the votes in the first round and 52.79% in

2158-540: The Katholische Deutsche Verband farbentragender Studentenkorporationen (KDV) , sharing the same principles as the CV. In 1907 the principle of singularity was abolished. Now the former members of these umbrella organisations could join the Cartellverband, which structure and membership exploded. During the first years the member fraternities of the Cartellverband were forbidden to accept members without

2241-742: The Netherlands , and the United Kingdom show. For example, on 28 February 1905 the first American, Irville Charles LeCompte [1] , later a professor at Yale, was accepted as a member of AV Rappoltstein, then in Strasbourg, now in Cologne (KDStV Rappoltstein). Since its foundation, the Cartellverband only accepted into its structure one fraternity from every university, called the principle of singularity. Those fraternities, which were denied membership founded other umbrella organisations, like

2324-586: The President of the European Commission be elected directly by EU voters. During the European debt crisis, Laschet called for an "open discussion" toward a broad solution to the debt crisis, of which Eurobonds could be a part. He argued that a Greek exit from the Eurozone could trigger undesirable upheaval in southern Europe: "(An exit) could lead to instability in a NATO member state. Russia

2407-740: The Robert Bosch Stiftung . In November 2016, Laschet was elected leading candidate for the North Rhine-Westphalia state elections in May 2017 which he won in what was widely considered an upset victory. He was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. In December 2016, Laschet presided over the CDU's national convention in Essen . Laschet served as

2490-629: The Ruhrtriennale arts and music festival due to the festival allowing supporters of the BDS movement to perform. In 2021, he pledged support for Israel: "We stand by Israel's side without reservation." In 2013, Laschet criticised Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle 's support for rebels in the civil war in Syria : "It is absurd that the same people we are fighting in Mali are being supported in Syria. It

2573-742: The 11th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2021. Laschet's government was a coalition between the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). As one of his state's representatives at the Bundesrat , he serves as a member of the Federal Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Defence Committee. Following Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer 's announcement on 10 February 2020 that she would step down as CDU party leader before

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2656-493: The 1920s; his paternal grandmother Hubertina Wetzels (1900–1979) had been born in Aachen to parents who had just moved there from Welkenraedt in Belgium. Like many others in the tri-border area the Laschets had relatives across the national boundaries, who lived in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and Neutral Moresnet . Laschet maintains close personal ties to Belgium where members of the Laschet family still live. He attended

2739-706: The Altherrenbund. The other Members are the Vorortspräsident (the chairman of the Aktive) and two elected members, one elected by the Alte Herren, one elected by the Aktive. There are several other institutions as the department of pastoral care, the department of treasure, the department of academic education and the legal department. Every year another fraternity or local group of fraternities presides

2822-631: The Austrian fraternities and those in Czechoslovakia split off. They founded the Österreichischen Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen (ÖCV) on 10 July 1933, and the Sudetendeutscher Cartellverband der farbentragenden katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen (SCV) on 14 June 1933. They were to never reunite. On 31 January 1934 the leadership of the CV declared the Catholic orientation of

2905-535: The CDU by recruiting Merz to his campaign team, saying that he "belonged in the team" and that his economic and financial expertise would be crucial in helping them to overcome the huge challenge of the pandemic in a sustainable way. Already at the party congress in Rhineland-Palatinate in May 2021, Laschet called for the Greens to be the main political opponent in the upcoming election campaign. He set

2988-697: The CDU's state chapter (Landesverband). From 2014 until 2016, he was a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Commission for Constitutional Reform, led by Rainer Bovermann. In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of the Christian Democrats ( CDU together with the Bavarian CSU ) and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 federal elections , Laschet was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in

3071-412: The CSU president, Laschet said he remembered it well, that during the campaign for the 2017 North Rhine-Westphalian state parliamentary elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, when he was given similarly low odds by pollsters against the then incumbent SPD state premier Hannelore Kraft , he still won the election. Subsequently, Laschet tried to "channel" the far greater popularity of his biggest rival within

3154-659: The CV to be terminated. On 27 October 1935 the Cartellversammlung decided to close the CV. Now only the fraternity Teutonia Fribourg in Switzerland survived. On 20 June 1938 the remaining structures of the CV were eliminated by order of Heinrich Himmler, the leader of the SS. All property of the former fraternities was confiscated. Although the fraternities did not exist any more, many of the former members tried to find informal ways to live their academic traditions. There

3237-568: The CV was spread on seven states, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania, but soon the fraternities of Strasbourg had to leave Alsace. Having shared the bloodshed of World War I the catholic and non confessional fraternities put an end to their quarrels by signature of the Erlangener Verbände- und Ehrenabkommen (Treaty of honour between academic organizations of Erlangen) in 1921. Now all fraternities treated each other as equals. The so-called White Ring

3320-535: The CV) had to call each other "Du" (an address used in families and among close friends), a treatment comparable to call someone by first name, these fraternities rejected the request. Because they were denied to use the "Sie" (a formal address, directed to strangers, especially superior persons) to address a Cartellbruder , they decided to call the Bundesbrüder, the members of the own fraternity, Sie. The formal sign of

3403-667: The CV. They form the Vorortspräsidium (executive committee of the Ative), consisting of the president the vice president and heads of the divisions social policy, press and publicity, foreign contacts and finance. This Vorort also represents the whole Cartellverband. The executive committee of the Altherrenbund, a president, and several heads of regional divisions is elected for therms of four years. The Cartellverband has its own courts on fraternity, regional and national level. These function as an honorary Senate. Der Cartellverband

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3486-538: The Cartellverband became the largest organisation representing Catholic academics in Germany and Austria. The Catholic fraternities always faced reproaches to endanger the academic liberty with their Catholic faith, because as avowing Catholics they would be Ultramontanists, following orders from the other side of the mountain, which means from the Vatican on the other side of the Alps. Therefore they were declared enemies of

3569-459: The Cartellverband. Shortly before World War I , former fraternities of the Unitas-Verband , like Alania Bonn and Cheruskia Tübingen also entered the Cartellverband. Several small organizations, like the Österreichischer Cartellverband , the Cartell katholischer Verbindungen an Tierärztlichen Hochschulen , the Verband Katholischer Studentenvereine and the Cartell katholischer Verbindungen an Landwirtschaftlichen Hochschulen followed. Thus

3652-516: The Catholic newspaper KirchenZeitung Aachen from 1991 until 1994. From 1995 to 1999, while also serving as a member of parliament, he was CEO of the Catholic publishing company Einhard-Verlag, which had previously been led by his father-in-law Heinrich Malangré . Laschet is married to his childhood sweetheart Susanne Malangré , whom he met as a child in a Catholic children's choir led by Susanne's father, prominent business executive Heinrich Malangré ; they married in 1985. The couple has two sons and

3735-411: The Empire. During the Kulturkampf (1872–1887) the few fraternities of the CV could not ply a significant part. During the academic Kulturkampf of 1903–1908 the situation had changed. Now the Catholic fraternities were a main target of the attacks of nationalistic and liberal fraternities. 7199 members of the CV served in World War I. 1282 of them, more than 15% of the whole members died. After World War I

3818-584: The European Parliament , Laschet served on the Committee on Budgets between 1999 and 2001 and on the Committee on Foreign Affairs between 2002 and 2005. In the latter capacity, he served as the Parliament's rapporteur on relations between the EU and the United Nations. Under Minister President Jürgen Rüttgers in North Rhine-Westphalia, Laschet served as State Minister for Generations, Family, Women and Integration from 2005 until 2010, and as State Minister for Federal Affairs, Europe and Media from 2010. In 2010, he unsuccessfully ran against Norbert Röttgen for

3901-417: The German Democratic Republic, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Ukraine had to search for a new location within Western Germany or Austria. The CV and the ÖCV, the organization of the Austrian Fraternities and the Student organization of Switzerland formed friendship with a contract on 10 February 1963 at Innsbruck. The CV is a founding member of the European Federation of Christian Students' Associations in 1975. It

3984-537: The German public and Bundestag . Laschet is considered by some critics as taking a soft stance on the government of President   Vladimir Putin . Laschet has voiced support for Nord Stream 2 and for a closer relationship with China and is against excluding Huawei from Germany's 5G network. However, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security has supported Laschet's position, saying that comprehensive investigations into Huawei's hardware and software have produced no evidence of wrongdoing and that an exclusion

4067-537: The Pius-Gymnasium in Aachen and studied law at the universities of Bonn and Munich , passing the first state examination in law in 1987. He studied journalism from 1986 to 1988. In Munich he became a member of K.D.St.V. Aenania München, a Catholic student fraternity that is member of the Cartellverband . Laschet speaks fluent French. Laschet worked as a journalist and in the publishing industry from 1986 until 1991, among other things as Bonn correspondent for Bayerischer Rundfunk . He later served as editor-in-chief of

4150-475: The SPD winning the most votes (25.7%), while Laschet and the CDU/CSU had their worst result ever (24.1%), with Baerbock and the Greens not even half their popularity from the spring, finishing third with a disappointing 14.8%. In the battle for third place, the FDP trailed the Greens by only a small margin (11.5 percent) and were the " kingmakers ". Aware of this, and despite the huge ideological differences between them, they started negotiating with each other after

4233-433: The department had been investigating accusations over pig farming at the farm of Schulze Föcking's family. During the 2021 floods in the district of Ahrweiler , he said, "One does not change one's politics because today is such a day." On European integration, Laschet seeks to strengthen the European Union on issues such as fighting international terrorism and organized crime, as well as energy policy. He also wants to see

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4316-407: The destruction of Hambach forest as "illegally occupied areas" and stated that RWE had the right to clear the forest. "The state government is there to ensure that the law that applies is enforced," he said during a talk show on German public broadcaster WDR . Laschet considers Germany to be insufficiently prepared for global political challenges. In his view, the country lacks the will to pursue

4399-424: The elections to find the least common multiple in order to maximise their political power. Given the relatively small electoral margin between the SPD and the CDU/CSU, it is also possible that the latter could eventually form a government. The Greens would prefer the SPD, while the FDP would be a natural ally for the CDU/CSU. The AfD achieved 10.3 percent, while the Linke 4.9 percent in the federal election. Following

4482-439: The end of 2020 and would not stand as a candidate for chancellor in the 2021 federal elections, Laschet announced at a national press conference on 25 February 2020 that he would run for the party presidency, and thus also for the chancellorship. He named Jens Spahn as his vice-presidential candidate, with Friedrich Merz and Norbert Röttgen as his challengers. Polls subsequently showed that voters rated Laschet's management of

4565-448: The federal election, Laschet claimed personal responsibility for the disastrous result. Laschet has been criticised for hesitancy in efforts to mitigate climate change . As Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia he claimed that the state was a "pioneer" in climate protection. Environmental organisations have rebuked this claim. In his tenure the expansion of wind power "collapsed" in North Rhine-Westphalia while under his leadership

4648-415: The goal of preventing the formation of a Red–Red–Green (SPD– Left –Greens) coalition. As his party's candidate to succeed Merkel in the national elections , Laschet was initially seen as having made an uncertain start to his campaign and faced calls to chart a more right-wing course to win back voters disenchanted by the incumbent coalition government. However, the party's win in the Saxony-Anhalt elections

4731-412: The lead. Laschet faced another scandal at the end of the month, when it emerged that he, like his fellow Green Party candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock , was facing accusations of plagiarism . Die Aufsteigerrepublik. Zuwanderung als Chance , was written in 2009 and he finally admitted his "mistake", and apologised. In the 2021 German federal election on 26 September , Laschet had to compete for

4814-441: The liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP). In January 2021, Laschet was elected leader of the CDU, winning 52.8% of delegates votes against Friedrich Merz in the second round of the contest. The result of the election was certified by postal vote of the party conference's delegates with the final result announced on 22 January. It was confirmed on 20 April 2021 that he would be the CDU/CSU candidate for Chancellor of Germany at

4897-426: The member fraternities please watch List of member fraternities of the Cartellverband The development of membership: Before the split off of 1933 After the split off without the members of the ÖCV In about 247 locations in Germany and Austria, and in Brussels , Luxembourg , Paris and New York there are regional groups of individual members of fraternities of the Cartellverband called Zirkel . These offer

4980-400: The member fraternities share equal rights and duties, especially equal voting rights. Only in matters of protocol, a distinction is made on the basis of the historic date of membership of the Cartellverband. Individual persons can not become a member of the Cartellverband. All the Aktivitates (an Aktivitas is the entirety of the members of a single fraternity, still member of the university) of

5063-613: The newly founded Winfridia Breslau . This formal alliance was the birth of the Cartellverband. Both fraternities shared the same principles, religio, scientia et amicitia . In 1864 Guestfalia Tübingen and Austria Innsbruck entered the Cartellverband. Later Bavaria Bonn founded in 1844, entered. In 1871 Alsatia Münster , renamed Saxonia Münster, and Markomannia Würzburg , Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau in 1873, Suevia Berlin in 1876, Rhenania Marburg and Burgundia Leipzig , both in 1880 followed. These new Catholic fraternities, called Studentenverbindungen , faced strong resistance of

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5146-495: The older Corps and Burschenschaften and of the administrations of the universities as well. They were forbidden to wear their colors and one, Alsatia Münster even was forced to temporary suspend itself. Nevertheless the Cartellverband showed a solid growth of membership. In 1907 a fourth principle, patria , was added to the other three. Patria did not mean a limitation of membership to people of German, Austrian or Swiss origin, as several members from other countries, as Belgium ,

5229-501: The organization. The motto of CV : In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas ("In essentials, unity; in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity."). This was a phrase used by Christian Irenics, and has been traced to Rupert Melden in Paraenesis votiva pro Pace Ecclesiae ad Theologos Augustanae Confessionis, Auctore Ruperto Meldenio Theologo , 62 pp. in 4to, without date and place of publication. It probably appeared in 1627 at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, which

5312-418: The post of CDU chairman in the state. When Röttgen resigned from that office in 2012, Laschet was elected as his successor. On 4 December 2012, he was elected as one of five deputy chairpersons of the national CDU party, serving alongside Volker Bouffier , Julia Klöckner , Thomas Strobl and Ursula von der Leyen . Laschet currently serves as state MP in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia and also chairs

5395-455: The post of Chancellor against Olaf Scholz , the SPD candidate for Chancellor , and Annalena Baerbock , the candidate for Chancellor of the Alliance 90/The Greens . Unlike his rivals, Laschet did not contest an individual constituency . His home constituency of Aachen I , which he had represented from 1994 to 1998 and was expected to be his constituency, swung to the Greens on election day. Opinion poll predictions came true, with Scholz and

5478-409: The regular possibility for individual members, living far from their fraternity, to keep contact to other members who live nearby. The oldest Zirkel, founded 1876 in Koblenz is called Confluentia Koblenz . The supreme legislative institution is the Cartellversammlung (C.V.) , the assembly of all the member fraternities of the Cartellverband. It is composed of two chambers, the Studentenbund and

5561-416: The second round. He thus became the new president of the CDU. After his defeat at the head of his party in the federal elections , he resigned from the party leadership on 7 October. His place was taken by Merz, who finally succeeded in his third attempt, in the election of the party president on 17 December 2021. However, the strong intra-party divisions that were also evident in the vote could have led to

5644-670: The single fraternities together form the Studentenbund, the Altherrenschaft (Altherrenschaft is the entirety of the members of a fraternity who finished their studies) together form the Altherrenbund. If there are several member fraternities in a town, these are to form Ortsverbände, local divisions of the CV to coordinate their connections and their exterior view. For example there are Ortsverbände at Aachen (7 Fraternities), Darmstadt (3), Freiburg im Breisgau (6), Hannover (3), Köln (7), München-Freising-Weihenstephan (10), Münster (7), Würzburg (6,) Mainz, (3), Frankfurt am Main (4), Heidelberg (2), Berlin (4) Bonn (8) and Erlangen-Nürnberg (3). To see

5727-426: The state government enforced a phaseout of three coal-fired power plants not before the maximum date of 2038. In 2018, shortly after taking over as Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Laschet supported the minister of the environment Christina Schulze Föcking's decision to dismantle the state's administrative department for environmental crimes. Public broadcaster WDR reported that prior to its dismantling

5810-424: The state government sometimes uses the title Prime Minister in English. After the Second World War , the Prussian province of Westphalia and the northern part of the Prussian province of the Rhine ( North Rhine ) were administered as part of the zone allocated to the British military administration and were merged to form the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1947 the state was expanded with including of

5893-416: The state of Lippe. The British government began to back the advocates of a merger of the states. Political party:     CDU     SPD     Green Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen The Union of Catholic German Student Fraternities ( German : Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen or Cartellverband (CV))

5976-561: The successors of informal Catholic clubs, founded by students of theology. They were formed according to the historic examples of the already existing fraternities, like wearing couleur , rulesd of behaviour, lifelong membership and democratic organization, but added as main principle the foundation upon the Catholic faith. In 1851 in Munich a fraternity called Aenania München was founded. This fraternity tried to establish connections to other Catholic fraternities on other universities. On 6 December 1856, Aenania München formed an alliance with

6059-520: The white ring was a white carnation. This was terminated by the Cartellversammlung of 1923, where these doings were forbidden. The Cartellversammlung of 1932 forbade the members of the CV fraternities to be member of the NSDAP as well, because the German bishops opposed the NSDAP. One year later, the relations between the German state and the Vatican were cleared by the Reichskonkordat . Now there

6142-624: The working group on energy policy, led by Peter Altmaier and Hannelore Kraft . In November 2015, Laschet visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan to learn more about the plight of Syrians fleeing the violence in the ongoing Syrian civil war that erupted in 2011. Between March 2015 and January 2016, he chaired the Robert Bosch Expert Commission to Consider a Realignment of Refugee Policy, an expert group convened by

6225-407: The world. For example of member fraternities, see K.A.V. Lovania Leuven or Catholic German student corporation Saarland (Saarbrücken) Jena . The Cartellverband is a confederation of individual fraternities with equal principals, in a subsidiary relation, which means that the fraternities have the greatest possible autonomy, within the framework of the basic principles of the Cartellverband. All

6308-402: The year 2000, American industrial espionage was already causing annual economic losses of at least €10 billion per year due to stolen inventions and development projects – the number having likely only risen since then due to the increase of digitisation . Despite these revelations, Laschet supported Angela Merkel 's policy, which in leaked cables was revealed to be to "sit out" the pressure from

6391-570: Was a mining engineer at a black coal mine and later became an elementary school teacher and headmaster. The Laschet family is originally from Liège Province in Wallonia in modern Belgium where the family's ancestor Jacques (or Jacob) Laschet lived in Hergenrath in the Duchy of Limburg in the 18th century; his paternal grandfather Hubert Laschet (1899–1984) moved from Hergenrath to Aachen in

6474-426: Was an organisation within the CV, existing from 1908 until 1923. The members were the fraternities Bavaria Bonn, Burgundia München, Ripuaria Freiburg im Breisgau, and Zollern Münster. Some other fraternities sympathized with them, for example Guestfalia Tübingen, Rheno-Palatia Breslau, Rheno-Franconia München and Marco-Danubia Wien. When in 1912 the CV decided that all Cartellbrüder (Members of different fraternities of

6557-465: Was at that time the seat of theological moderation. Melden was a Lutheran, but the motto has also been used by the catholic Church, such as in John XXIII's first encyclical, Ad Petri Cathedram of 1959. The English version is also frequently used by British Freemasons. The coat of arms was designed in 1921 by Joseph Weiß and Philipp Schumacher. It shows a shield, parted; on gold a black eagle with

6640-415: Was later interpreted as a boost to Laschet. Laschet presented the joint CDU/CSU election platform with Söder on 21 June 2021. In the programme, they stated that combating the pandemic, climate change and defending prosperity and freedom are global challenges, and that their goal is to create a Germany open to the world, which strives for both modernisation and green policies . While visiting Erftstadt ,

6723-525: Was no more reason to deny membership in a party the Holy See had relations with. The same day members already wore uniforms of the SA and the SS . Beginning in 1933 there was a process of Gleichschaltung (alignment). The fraternities had to develop a principle of leadership similar to the party organizations of the NSDAP and connection to the national socialist student community. As a reaction to these proceedings,

6806-613: Was no unitary attitudes. Among the members of the CV were culprits and victims of the National Socialism alike. After the war, the fraternities tried to re-establish themselves. This was a difficult and very painful process. Victims of the Nazi tyranny met those who destroyed their fraternities or even participated in crimes. In 1950 the CV was re-established, but it had changed. The fraternities in Austria did not return, those in

6889-467: Was part of the so-called "Pizza-Connection" (a reference to an American drug ring). A number of informal meeting of a group of young Bundestag Members from both the CDU and the Greens . This was later seen as controversial, because it solidified an image of him as a liberal/centrist member of the CDU. He lost re-election in the 1998 SPD landslide to future Health Minister Ulla Schmidt . As Member of

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