How far is the CDU approaching Sahra Wagenknecht to form governments with her party in Saxony and Thuringia? The Union’s candidate for chancellor sets limits.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz has drawn clear boundaries for his party’s talks with Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW about possible cooperation in eastern federal states. “Ms Wagenknecht has to accept that there are decisions that are irrefutable,” said Merz on the ARD program “Caren Miosga.” “That’s the relationship with the West, that’s NATO membership. And we won’t let Ms. Wagenknecht question that.”
In Saxony and Thuringia, the CDU is negotiating with the BSW after the recent state elections to form governments and leave the AfD out of it. But Wagenknecht is making things difficult for Merz’s party – especially with foreign policy positions that are unacceptable from the CDU’s perspective.
Merz hinted at possible compromises. A call for peace negotiations could generally be included in a preamble to the coalition agreement. Regarding Wagenknecht’s demand to exclude the stationing of US medium-range missiles, Merz said that these weapons would only be stationed in the west, but that the eastern federal states would not be affected at all. Overall, the Union Chancellor candidate confirmed: “We will not let Ms. Wagenknecht drag us through the ring by the nose.”
Source: Stern
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