Sunday March 14th 2021
"Everything has to be put to the test"
CSU: Corona policy is to blame for election bankruptcy
After today's election slips, the CDU sets out to find the cause. For CSU General Secretary Blume, errors in the Union's corona management are the reason. In order to prevent a left alliance in the federal elections, urgent progress is now needed.
From the point of view of the CSU, the serious bankruptcies of the CDU in the elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate can be traced back to the current problems in corona crisis management. "There is nothing to gloss over: The results are also a result of mistakes and misconduct at the federal level," said CSU General Secretary Markus Blume in Munich.
Now "everything has to be put to the test in order to regain the trust that has been lost." For the entire Union, the two severe defeats should be a wake-up call in the super election year 2021. In particular, in the fight against corona, rapid successes and progress should now be made in the federal government, emphasized Blume. "One thing is clear: the strategy is not wrong, but the implementation is bad."
The election results are also a warning sign of possible alliances at the federal level. "The danger of slipping to the left in the federal elections is not averted, on the contrary. The Greens now have to clarify what they want to be: bourgeois or further to the left?" The FDP must also show its colors. Do they want to become stirrup holders of green and red or represent the bourgeois camp.
"We have always warned that the general election will not be won automatically. We can see that it will be a very difficult path: we now need clear decisions and a clear course in the fight against corona," said Blume.
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