The future CDU boss draws a clear line to the right.
Friedrich Merz threatens party colleagues who want to cooperate with the AfD, now even with the party expulsion.
“With me there will be a firewall to the AfD,” said Merz to the “Spiegel”. “The regional associations, especially in the East, get a clear message from us: If anyone of us raises their hand to work with the AfD, then the next day there will be a party exclusion process.”
Merz emphasized that, as the CDU leader, he would be “very consistent” from the outset when it came to demarcating from the right. “We are not the XYZ party that can go with everyone. We are the CDU. “
Merz had clearly won the CDU member survey on the new party chairman with 62.1 percent. Officially, a digital party congress is supposed to take place on 21./22. Elect Armin Laschet’s successor on January 1st.
It is considered certain that the delegates will stick to the vote of the members. Then Merz must be confirmed by postal vote.
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