Ju boss is stuck against his own party leader Merz
Merz ‘Union has become election winner – but the Party growth is noticeably dissatisfied and demands consequences. The chairman of the Union’s youngsters from the Junge Union (JU), Johannes Winkeleven requires a refurbishment. The reason: from his point of view Party leader Merz took his mouth too full before the federal election and promised results that he could not hold.
CDU boss Merz had targeted an election result of over 35 percent-and finally came under the 30 percent mark in the Bundestag election. “This result cannot be entitled to the Union,” said Winkel of the dpa news agency. “Especially after the historical failure of the traffic lights less than 30 percent disappointing“, he added. After the preliminary result, the Union has 28.5 percent (noted at this point: in the 2021 election, the CDU came to 24.1 percent).
“Despite the focus on government formation, as a party, we have to ask ourselves in a self-critical process what that was,” Winkel said in the direction of CDU boss and Union Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In any case, the Junge Union will “analyze exactly why we were even strongest among young voters in the European elections less than a year ago and the young generation of the Union has now given significantly fewer voices.”
JU: Disposal of the quota at the latest by the turn of the year
But what would the offspring be if he didn’t refer to more? Angle places Further demands on his party leadership and the future government coalition:
In view of the threat situation in Europe by Russia, the CDU relies on the concept of a mandatory social year and a so -called Quota duty. Against the background of the Bundeswehr’s shortage of staff, the Christian Democrats had made a turnaround in the suspension of military duty at their party congress in May 2024.
The party wants to gradually withdraw the suspension and Transfer the compulsory military service into a mandatory social year. In order to strengthen the Bundeswehr’s willingness to work, the CDU calls for the introduction of a so -called quota duty to be implemented until the implementation of this project.
In the concept of quota duty obligation, experts from the Bundeswehr should determine how high the personnel requirement is for one year. Only those who are needed to cover the personnel requirements should also be moved in. The compulsory military service was suspended in 2011 after 55 years under the then Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU).
Source: Stern
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