Armin Laschet presents his candidacy at the head of the CDU The President of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, wants to run for the CDU presidency with the support of the Federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn: "We have to bring our party and our state together, and that's what I want to run for," Laschet says at a joint press conference with Spahn in Berlin. SOUNDBITE of Armin Laschet