Does the CDU work together with Björn Höcke?
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There are very good reasons against gendering. The CDU must not deviate from this position just because the AfD shares its view.
Dhe accusation was to be expected: After the CDU had submitted a motion against gender language in the Thuringian state parliament and this was decided with votes from the CDU and AfD, it was immediately said that the Union had pushed through the motion with the help of the right-wing extremists.
And that of all places in Thuringia, in Höcke-Land! First the Kemmerich election, this dam bursting in Germany, when the CDU and FDP made common cause with the AfD, and now this! The CDU is getting involved again with the AfD.
It’s not a scandal
But she doesn’t do that at all. This is not about a personal issue that depends on the mercy of the AfD, and it is also not about a coalition with right-wing extremists, which the Union must of course never get involved with. The CDU has only done what can be expected of it. She has taken a conservative position, for which there are good reasons. You don’t have to like it when language is changed with a crowbar.