CDU crisis: parliamentary group manager: "Full support" for the Chancellor
According to the Chancellor, there has been no further personnel debate in the CDU committees after the new election defeats. But what about the parliamentary group in the Bundestag?
Following the CDU's consecutive losses in three Landtag elections, the Bundestag faction of the Union remains behind Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to the new Fraktionsmanagerin Catarina dos Santos-Wintz. In an interview before a Bundestag faction meeting, she stated, "The Chancellor has the full backing of the Union faction."
However, CSU Landship leader Alexander Hoffmann was more cautious on the issue of backing for Merz, stating that the CSU would not lead the debate on the political future of the Chancellor. He emphasized that the focus should be on the content, adding that they had entered office to make the country better and would continue doing so.
Merz had faced significant pressure within his own party following a defeat in Sachsen-Anhalt two weeks prior, and had been pushed out of the Berlin parliament by the Left party. Despite two recent losses, the eight CDU Ministers-President had already given their backing to Merz prior to the recent setbacks. At the party's top-level meetings on Sunday and Monday, the personal issue was not raised, according to the Chancellor, who made it clear at a press conference immediately after the voting closed that he would remain as CDU chief and "above all" as Chancellor.
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