Politics · Germany · 3 hrs ago
Söder says CDU members who back AfD should leave the party
CSU leader Markus Söder has urged CDU members in Saxony-Anhalt who support the AfD to leave the party.
His comments followed the election of AfD candidate Tobias Rausch as state parliament president, when he received four more votes than the AfD and BSW had together.
Some people suspect CDU lawmakers provided the extra votes, but that has not been established.
Söder said anyone who backs the AfD candidate in the state’s December vote for minister-president should make that support public.
He called secret support for the AfD a betrayal of the Union’s values and history.
The comments come as the national coalition government faces disputes over pension and tax reforms and poor results in recent state elections.
Söder said the government must deliver results and hoped the pension reform would be approved by the cabinet this year.
CSU leader Markus Söder said CDU members who vote for AfD candidates should leave the party.
He called secret support for the AfD shameful and said it betrayed the Union’s values and history.
His remarks followed the election of an AfD candidate as state parliament president in Saxony-Anhalt, which received four more votes than the AfD and BSW combined.
Söder said anyone planning to vote for AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund in the December minister-president election should make that choice public.
- Who
- CSU leader Markus Söder urged CDU members who support AfD candidates to leave the party.
- What
- Söder said secret support for the AfD was shameful and that those who vote for it have no future in the CDU.
- When
- He made the remarks on Sunday evening. The minister-president election in Saxony-Anhalt is due in December.
- Where
- The comments concerned Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- Why
- Söder said covert support for the AfD betrays the Union’s values and history.
Markus Söder
CDU members who support AfD candidates
Party membership
Markus Söder
Members who vote for AfD candidates should leave the CDU, Söder said.
CDU members who support AfD candidates
Some CDU members were suspected of supporting an AfD candidate in the state parliament president vote; their views are not stated.
Public support
Markus Söder
Anyone intending to vote for an AfD candidate should say so openly, Söder said.
CDU members who support AfD candidates
Their position on making such support public is not stated.
Wer die AfD wählt, hat bei uns keine Zukunft.
Eine heimliche Unterstützung der AfD sei ziemlich schäbig
Es muss mehr passieren, wir müssen Ergebnisse liefern
Man muss sie inhaltlich stellen. Es sind Probleme, die adressiert werden.
The coalition committee discussed whether the governing coalition should continue.
Söder spoke about the coalition, reforms and suspected CDU support for the AfD on Caren Miosga.
Saxony-Anhalt is due to elect its minister-president.
- Party leader
- Markus Söder, CSU
- State
- Saxony-Anhalt
- AfD state parliament president candidate
- Tobias Rausch
- Vote margin
- Four more votes than the AfD and BSW combined
- Upcoming election
- Minister-president vote expected in December
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