Kreisvorsitzendenkonferenz: „Es ging hoch her“ – Merz bekommt Frust der CDU-Basis zu spüren
Demütigende Wahlniederlagen, miserable Umfragen, Reformstreit in der Regierung: Ärger und Verunsicherung sind groß in der CDU. Nun stellte sich Kanzler Merz der Parteibasis.
Berlin. The extent of the powder keg that threatens to explode remains unclear for Friedrich Merz. This question was posed by several CDU politicians upon his departure from the party headquarters in Berlin on Monday evening. Since noon, the Vorsitzenden of CDU district associations had been discussing the crisis within the party at the headquarters.
The conference ultimately concluded with a lengthy debate involving the Chancellor, but even he was unable to dissipate the anger and doubts, according to participants who reported. The conference was a response to the humiliating electoral defeats in the autumn. The CDU has around 330 district associations, which organize and promote the party, and currently must endure a great deal of frustration regarding the red-black coalition and the Chancellor.
This meeting between CDU leadership and the grassroots occurs amid what may be the party's most severe crisis yet. In September, the CDU was expelled from a state parliament for the first time in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while nationally, it has fallen behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in surveys, and Merz is as unpopular as any Chancellor before him.
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