Politics · Germany · 23 hrs ago
CDU postpones Herbert Reul’s election nomination after hip fracture
Herbert Reul is North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister and a CDU politician.
He broke his hip in a fall at a police headquarters in Wuppertal and had surgery that evening.
The CDU had planned to nominate him on Thursday as its direct candidate in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II.
The party postponed the meeting after consulting Reul.
He is currently the only applicant for the nomination and won 51.1% of the constituency’s first-choice votes in the 2022 state election.
North Rhine-Westphalia is due to elect a new state parliament in about six months.
The party says nominations do not need to be submitted until January 2027 and aims to hold the meeting before Christmas.
The CDU has postponed Herbert Reul’s nomination as its direct candidate for a North Rhine-Westphalia state election constituency after he fractured his hip.
Reul was due to be nominated on Thursday in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis.
The district party said the decision was made unanimously after consulting Reul.
The party aims to hold the nomination meeting before Christmas, and the deadline for submitting election proposals is January 2027.
Reul was the only applicant for the CDU direct candidacy in constituency 22 and won 51.1 percent of first votes there in the 2022 state election.
- Who
- Herbert Reul, North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister, and the CDU district party.
- What
- The CDU postponed Reul’s nomination as its direct candidate after he fractured his hip.
- When
- The decision was reported on October 12, 2026. The nomination had been planned for Thursday.
- Where
- Constituency 22, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II, in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Why
- Reul fell and fractured his hip, so the party postponed the nomination meeting.
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Reul fell during an appointment at the Wuppertal police headquarters and fractured his hip.
Reul underwent surgery, according to his ministry.
Reul had been due to be nominated as the CDU’s direct candidate in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis.
The CDU aims to hold the postponed nomination meeting.
- Candidate
- Herbert Reul
- Constituency
- 22 (Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis II)
- 2022 first-vote result
- 51.1 percent
- Election proposal deadline
- January 2027
- Target meeting date
- Before Christmas
What people are saying
Now it’s time to train and above all be patient, which will be especially difficult for me.
Now it’s time to train and above all be patient, which will be especially difficult for me.
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