Hans-Georg Maassen senses Putsch and indicates withdrawal from values ​​union

It could be the beginning of the end of a political may fly: Ex-Constitutional Protection Protection Director Hans-Georg Maassen indicates in one of his party’s values ​​union that he may soon resign. In the statement that the party also published on its homepage, Maassen explains: “I don’t know if I will still be a party in two or three weeks. Your and the members who have entered the party to a high degree and have brought me their trust are entitled to find out how I think in the party in terms of my future. ”

Words that sound after goodbye. Maassen does not justify his possible withdrawal with his advanced age or the last poor election results of the Value unionbut – whole Maasses-like -with a conspiracy. No, even with a coup.

Maassen had with a lot of roar with a few like -minded people at the beginning of last year CDU-Intered association “Value Union” founded the party of the same name. The association grew in response to Angela Merkel’s migration policy. The attitude of the Renegaten: arch -conservative, sometimes anti -Islam and nationalally. The greatest danger for the country saw and sees the values ​​union in the “left slip” – at that time documented primarily by the traffic light government.

Maassen and his new party wanted the political space between the Union and AfD with the collapse of the fire wall to the right -wing extremists, as a junior partner for coalitions, for example in the East German federal states. But the success failed to materialize.

From the beginning there was chaos in the party. They left two formative characters, Max Otte and Markus Krall. The election campaign in the past state elections did not ignite. In Thuringia, the new party won 0.6 percent, 0.3 percent in Saxony. In the last federal election, even 0.0 percent.

But all of these are apparently no reasons for Maassen for a possible exit. According to his own statements, he is much more concerned with “a problem with working on the party board”. He could “With many in the current party executive, no longer work confidently”. He explicitly gives the names Pantel, MeuthenBlack, Pfeiffer, fur and Martens. All experienced politicians who gradually entered the party.

For example, Jörg Meuthen, long-time AfD boss, switched to the value union because he no longer wanted to support the radical course of the AfD. Now Maassen accuses the named of having “formed a faction on the federal board”.

The ex-Constitution Protection Protection chief continues to complain “Sleaching takeover “. He is not ready to take responsibility for the party and for the dirty things that are operated behind my back as a figurehead or breakfast director.

In summary, Maassen states in his statement: “Dear colleagues, I am not naive. What takes place here is a coup and a takeover of people who owe their membership and function to me. I clear up, it was a big mistake to have brought these people into the party and have trusted them.”

In the coming weeks, he would think carefully about which way for him. That sounds like a man who knows that he has already lost the power struggle in his own party. His statement to the party comrades could be his last attempt to get backing.