According to surveys, the Union is still in a downward spiral. Bavaria’s Interior Minister Markus Söder now expresses serious concerns.
CSU boss Markus Söder sounded the alarm on Thursday at a presidium meeting of his party in view of the poor poll results from the Union before the general election. The German Press Agency learned this from participants. According to a new survey, the Union is only one percentage point ahead of the SPD. “There is a very realistic possibility of governing without the Union,” stressed Söder after the meeting.
According to the information, Söder spoke of a trend that was “dramatic”. Söder said that it was not certain how things would go on. After the election there is the risk of a traffic light coalition (SPD, FDP and Greens) or a left-wing alliance. The CDU and CSU are facing one of the most difficult challenges in their history, it is “the most difficult since 1998,” said Söder. It must now be a matter of emphasizing the differences to other parties. In 1998, Chancellor Helmut Kohl (CDU) lost the election to SPD challenger Gerhard Schröder (SPD).
“There is a risk that we will have lost voters again”
A survey by the Kantar Institute was published on Thursday, according to which the Union is at 22 percent, closely followed by the SPD with 21 percent. Another survey by the Allensbach Institute became public on Thursday, in which the Union is clearly ahead of the SPD by around eight points – but Allensbach also sees the CDU / CSU 2.5 points lower than in July. And here, too, the SPD is catching up; According to the institute, it is now 19.5 percent (plus 2.5).
“You can turn it, but it’s not easy,” Söder was quoted as saying. He himself likes to help and receives requests from all over Germany to do more. “There is a risk that we will again have lost voters to the SPD who were with us before,” said Söder. In the hot phase of the election campaign leading up to the federal election in five weeks’ time, we must now work hard, he demanded and called for unity. The CSU posted large posters for Armin Laschet (CDU) in Bavaria. “We won’t let anyone say anything,” emphasized Söder.
The polls showed that “we as a Union still have significant upside potential,” said CSU General Secretary Markus Blume. The CSU wants to help make better use of this potential. To this end, it is important “that we step on the gas now,” he emphasized. The CSU had repeatedly accused Laschet of being too passive in the election campaign.
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