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CDU’s Gordon Schnieder Says Powernaps Keep Him Going in Rhineland-Palatinate Campaign

Drawing on Eifel roots, the 50-year-old points to hiking as his reset during the winter push.

Overview

  • Schnieder, the CDU’s lead candidate for the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag election, told dpa he can sleep “anytime and anywhere.”
  • He says he naps even while sitting, has not tried sleeping standing, and finds quick back-seat powernaps useful on drives across the state.
  • “Every minute counts,” he said of squeezing in short rest, a practice he adopted as a student after sleepless nights.
  • Hiking is his preferred way to clear his head, though he notes the campaign leaves little time for it.
  • Citing his upbringing in Birresborn in the Vulkaneifel, he says winter campaigning does not trouble him and he rarely needs a scarf or gloves.