In recent polls, the AfD is increasing in percentage terms. But the Union remains at a distance before the upcoming state elections. The AfD is the “political opponent of the Union”, “not a partner”.
The CDU in Saxony and the CSU in Bavaria have clearly ruled out cooperation with the AfD. “Cooperation with the AfD is and remains out of the question for the Union,” said Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) of the “Bild am Sonntag”. “It’s a party that’s becoming increasingly radical. It’s scary. These people shouldn’t be held accountable.” In Saxony, a new state parliament will be elected next year, where the CDU currently governs together with the SPD and the Greens. The AfD came first in the latest opinion polls in Saxony.
In Bavaria, too, where a new state parliament will be elected on October 8, CSU state group leader Alexander Dobrindt has ruled out any cooperation with the AfD. “The clear demarcation to the right is of central importance for the Union as a party of the middle of society,” Dobrindt told the “Bild am Sonntag”. The firewall to the right is “immovable” and part of the essence of the Union. “The AfD is the political opponent of the Union and not a partner.”
In Bavaria, the AfD comes to 10 percent according to the most recent poll – the CSU is 40 percent, the Greens 16 percent and the Free Voters and the SPD each 11 percent, as from a representative survey commissioned by the “Augsburger Allgemeine”. look at the state elections in autumn.
Source: Stern
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