Debate about fire wall
Encounter with AfD-Union at a distance from CDU politician
The CDU MP Ludwig is a guest at a thought factory in Hungary, which is considered the government of the government of right-wing populist Orban. There she meets AfD boss Weidel. The Union reacts.
At the festival of a right thought factory in Hungary, CDU politician Saskia Ludwig meets AfD boss Alice Weidel-now the Union faction in the Bundestag is at a distance to her deputy. “Ms. Ludwig did not take part in the event on behalf of the parliamentary group and without the knowledge of parliamentary group management,” said a spokeswoman on request. “The CDU’s incompatibility decision applies and excludes any cooperation with the AfD. Every CDU member is bound to it.” Previously, the “Tagesspiegel” reported about it.
The Brandenburg CDU politician took part in the festival of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) in Esztergom near Budapest in Hungary in early August. A spokesman for Ludwig confirmed the German press agency. According to the MCC website, Ludwig was there on the podium “a new government in uncertain world-political waters” on August 1st. Ludwig and Weidel can be seen at the festival in unchecked photos that circulate online.
The MCC is considered the cadre of the Hungarian Prime Minister and right -wing populist Viktor Orban. The thought factory and educational institution imports, among other things, ideas of right -wing publicists from the USA. According to the MCC Orban Facebook page, Tech billionaire Peter Thiel, who is known for right-wing conservative positions, was a guest at the festival.
Ludwig refers to free exchange of views
The CDU MP did not comment on request. Her speaker referred to quotes in the online portal “Nius”: “Free exchange of views is a central element of a democratic society,” said Ludwig there. “That is why it was a matter of course for me to exchange ideas with various visitors, without having to be afraid of repression.” According to the speaker, it was your second visit to an MCC event.
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AfD boss Weidel was surprised by criticism. “The conversation with Ms. Ludwig was an informal and rather short one. The excitement on social media is not understandable from the perspective of Ms. Weidel,” said a spokesman for Weidel of the dpa. “The fact that two members of the Bundestag talk should not be a coarser problem.”
Green youth wants to exclude Ludwig
The Green Youth demanded the exclusion of Ludwig from the Union parliamentary group. The Union has a problem in dealing with right-wing extremists in its ranks, said the co-boss of the Greens young organization, Jakob Blasel, the dpa. “The only right conclusion can therefore only be to stand up for our democracy and throw Saskia Ludwig out of the faction. The fire wall must stand!”
The CDU Brandenburg, Ludwig’s regional association, referred to the line for dealing with the AfD. “There is a clear party convention decision that excludes coalitions with the AfD,” said Secretary General Gordon Hoffmann. “This applies until a federal party conference decides something else.” For this he sees “not even the majorities”. The head of the young social wing of the CDU Brandenburg (JCDA), Gregory Gosciniak, said that Ludwig “finally forfeited” her right to substitute.
After the incompatibility decision of the Federal Party from 2018, the CDU rejects coalitions and similar forms of cooperation with the AfD and the left. CDU boss Friedrich Merz made it clear several times that there will be no cooperation with the AfD. As a designated party leader, in 2021 he threatened primarily in the “Spiegel” Christian Democrats of the Eastern state associations with a party exclusion.
Ludwig already caused criticism
Ludwig is considered one of the greatest critics of the SPD constitutional judge Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf. The CDU politician had requested on Portal X as long as Plagiatic allegations against Brosius-Gersdorf were not completely cleared, the lawyer had to leave her office at the Chair of the University of Potsdam. In the meantime, the University of Potsdam sees an initial suspicion at Ludwig’s own doctoral thesis according to plagiarism.
Ludwig has caused criticism several times. In January, in the interview of the broadcaster TV Berlin, she turned against a fire wall for the AfD and opened openly for a “center-right coalition”. In 2017, she conducted a joint interview with the former AfD state chief and former Federal Vice Alexander Gauland in “Junge Freiheit”.
From 2010 to 2012, Ludwig headed the CDU Brandenburg as the state chair. From 2004 to 2025 she was a member of the state parliament, since 2025 she has been a member of the Bundestag, in the meantime she was in the Bundestag and state parliament.
dpa
Source: Stern
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