The CDU wants to actually have nothing to do with the AfD – so it was decided. But in the East, the approach is already there. In the autumn there is selected. This could make everything even more difficult.
To the democratic framework in Germany, the three political levels: the Federal, the Länder and the municipalities. They act according to the Constitution, independently. In large and small parliaments, the Bundestag up to the city Council policy is made. This is important to know, to understand, the Problem is that the Christian Democrats (CDU) have just with the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD). The party leadership can not simply by rule.
Officially and from the top of the CDU, which was headed until recently by German Chancellor Angela Merkel has decided, multiple times, with the AfD, no covenants. Merkel’s successor as party Chairman, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, threatened with a party of penalties to the party exclusion. From the Bavarian sister party, the CSU, there was even a “coffee chat”ban.
AfD is in Parts of the extreme right
The CDU has with the AfD problems, it is not surprising. In spite of all contrary statements in the AfD right-wing currents. The protection of the Constitution observed. Even on the recent strengthening of the right of the CDU, in the “Union of values”, was therefore “currently, there is no cooperation with the AfD,” said the Deputy Chairman Simone tree the DW.
However, in contrast Kramp-Karrenbauer, the value of the Union a matter of “demarcate the content and don’t exclude”. The value of the Union is open to a can by the back door. Perhaps, he added, the AfD, Yes, “to detach from their extreme edges,” says tree.
On the local level, some of them are already gone due to “forbidden” doors. A month ago, municipal elections were held in the AfD strongholds in the East of Germany. As was expected, the AfD in many circles, cities and municipality of the strongest or second strongest force.
Top-Down approach does not work
In local politics evening meeting-politicians making decisions about traffic lights, land and city festivals. It comes to majorities, or to prevent the majority of others. After ploppten after the elections, the headlines in the local press, the holes in the fire wall to the AfD showed: Once an Alliance was formed to select a chief Deputy in the city Parliament. Another Time it was a majority vote against left parties.
Belongs to democratic practice that, in the parliaments committees of AfD politicians are headed. Headlines of the case, made from the well-known Goethe-town Weimar, belongs to the history of the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald. There, of all places, the culture Committee of the AfD should be directed. Local protests prevented this.
A survey showed that in East Germany a majority against a co-operation is prohibition. But, as the examples show, not just up to the municipalities to enforce.
AfD-the rhetoric of the CDU
At the level of the länder, the subject of “cooperation, AfD and CDU’s been brewing?” for years. It boils up again. Two CDU member of the Landtag of the Federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, both group Vice, went far beyond the border. You have written an eight-page “Memorandum” and not concluded in a cooperation with the AfD. Finally, it was time to reconcile the “National Social”.
Thomas Ulrich: one of the CDU politicians who shake at the AfD-ban
Such a historically pre-loaded vocabulary – keyword: national socialism – is it usual to date only from the very far to the right. It is to be understood as a clear Signal in the direction of the AfD to.
But it is also a call for debate. In Saxony-Anhalt, the CDU has ruled for the past three years, together with the Greens and social Democrats. It’s not running particularly well. Some in the CDU to form a coalition at the time, rather with the AfD. The next choice is 2021. Currently, the two CDU politicians do not want to comment further.
The Focal Point Of Saxony
In the coming autumn will be elected in the three AfD-high castles of Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia. Germany-wide attention currently focuses on Saxony. There is Dresden, the city in which the extreme right-wing citizens ‘ movement “Pegida” was located. There is Görlitz, where recently an AfD-politician almost mayor would become. The CDU and the AfD are currently according to the polls, with around 25 per cent, on a par. That would be enough for a government majority.
Jörg Urban: the chief of the AfD in Saxony
The AfD in Saxony, will to Power: The Saxon AfD boss Jörg Urban, used an appearance before the capital press for it, all the power options to the public through decline. Toleration under a CDU-Minister President? Junior Partnership? Everything is negotiable, everything imaginable. Perhaps, but, as Urban, claimed there are enough Defectors from other political groups with which a majority would come into being.
The direction of the dispute in the CDU
The Saxony CDU rejects the currently. Behind closed doors, one hears, however, different: It is a dispute in the CDU.
Angela Merkel has moved the party over many years to the left – in the direction of the SPD, then get to the Green. But the has its price: the results of The survey declined to historically low values below 30 percent. Some of them emigrated to the AfD from. Now that Merkel has initiated their withdrawal from political life and their influence is waning see some opportunity to correct the direction, by trying to increasingly occupy the more conservative issues such as internal security. Tried the AfD also wants to position itself as a successor party of the CDU.
Close desired? As in the municipalities, it is also at the country level ultimately, to political majorities. In Saxony, possibly a four-man Alliance would have to be forged in order to prevent the AfD. Some of the questions now, so hear, what would be the lesser of two Evils.