Conservative small party
Power struggle in the value union – leaves Maassen the party?
A violent argument rages in the conservative values union. The chairman speaks of Putsch, his deputy accuses him of autocratic behavior. Does the small party break down?
A power struggle rages in the conservative small party value union. After the Federal Chairman Hans-Georg Maassen had accused parts of the board of directors, the deputy party leader Sylvia Pantel spoke up. It accuses the former constitutional protection president in a video message on the platform X autocratic and party -compatible behavior.
“For months, the federal executive board has been observing how our federal chairman has repeatedly been looking for closeness to the AfD. We see his sometimes disturbing hate posts on various social media channels,” said Pantel in the video. “We see his increasingly clear autocratic claim, which wants to make the entire board of directors.”
In order to obtain majorities, Maassen levied the elected board of the North Rhine-Westphalia of his office last Tuesday with the state chairpersons with the state chairpersons and deployed four followers, explains Pantel, previously state chairman in North Rhine-Westphalia. On the other hand, one will proceed legally.
Maassen indicates withdrawal from the party
Maassen himself published a statement on Wednesday, which he claimed to have submitted on Tuesday evening at the video conference with the state council of the values union. In it he explained that he no longer considered a trusting cooperation in this board.
“What takes place here is a coup and a takeover of people who owe their membership and function to me,” says the statement. He was not ready to take responsibility for the party “and for” dirty things “behind his back as a figurehead or breakfast director. “I don’t know if I will still belong to the party in two or three weeks.”
Value Union founded in February 2024 as a party
This should face the small party before the tear test. The value union was only founded as a party in February 2024, but was never able to achieve recognizable success in elections. In the state elections in Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg, she only came up with results between 0.2 to 0.6 percent last year.
Maassen, like Pantel, used to be a CDU member, said when founded that the new party should close a gap between the Union and the AfD. In September 2024, former AfD chairman Jörg Meuthen became a member of the value union.
dpa
Source: Stern
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