CDU boss oracles about black-green: Friedrich Merz's new foray into faux pas. Georg Anastasiadis, editor-in-chief of the Münchner Merkur.

He once again confused the already unsettled Union voters with his thoughtless statement. The deeper reason why the CDU and CSU hardly get beyond a modest 30 percent is that many more conservative-minded citizens no longer trust the Union since Angela Merkel. Some people are so afraid of voting for the Union and getting the Greens that they prefer to vote for the radical “alternative”