CDU nach Wahlniederlagen: Voigt fordert Trendumkehr: „Länder mischen sich ein“
Mehr als Wunden lecken: In einer Klausur will die CDU ihre Wahlniederlagen aufarbeiten. Der Thüringer Regierungschef verlangt eine programmatische Neuaufstellung und sieht die Länder am Drücker.
Erfurt - Following the CDU's electoral defeats in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Thuringia's Minister-President Mario Voigt has called for a swift programmatic turnaround for his party. "We need a rapid trend reversal," Voigt told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur in Erfurt, looking ahead to the CDU's forthcoming leadership meeting in Berlin on October 11th, where the party will discuss the fallout from a series of electoral losses in the September regional elections.
Voigt stated that the CDU will logically intervene in the debate as the results must be visible. "We no longer need explanations, but results for the people of Germany," he said. "That is why as states, we are also calling for this programmatic change of course, and I believe this must now be the focus." Voigt demanded a "price freeze" on energy prices.
"The central issue that worries many people, that ordinary life becomes affordable again, must be at the heart of politics." The CDU fell nearly 20 percentage points to 17.2 percent in Saxony-Anhalt, with the AfD achieving nearly an absolute majority. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the party made its first appearance in the Landtag, while in Berlin, it was pushed to second place by the left.
Voigt termed the failure to cross the five-percent threshold in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern a "historical electoral defeat."
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