Now there is also criticism from within our own party about the statements about dental treatments for rejected asylum seekers. Many CDU members would be ashamed of their party leader, according to the social wing.
After his statements about dental treatments for rejected asylum seekers, CDU leader Friedrich Merz now has to face severe criticism from his own party.
The deputy head of the CDU social wing, Christian Bäumler, called on Merz to withdraw his statements or to forego running for chancellor. “Merz’s derailments are incompatible with the Christian view of humanity. Many CDU members are ashamed of their party leader,” Bäumler told the German Press Agency. Merz split the CDU.
Merz had said that rejected asylum seekers had their teeth done in Germany and thus took away Germans’ appointments at the dentist.
Bäumler is the deputy federal chairman of the Christian Democratic Workers’ Association (CDA). The SPD, the Greens and the Left Party had previously criticized Merz for his statements. The CDU leader literally told the television station Welt: “They sit at the doctor’s and have their teeth changed, and the German citizens next door don’t get any appointments.”
Source: Stern
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