Prominent CDU members in Thuringia for a pact with the left – “dilemma” for Merz. “The signal 'we have built walls everywhere and we have defined incompatibilities' - there is no one left.
And then that’s not enough,” says former CDU chairman Mike Mohring. The CDU's stance cannot be implemented, particularly at the state and local level, says Werner Henning, district administrator of Eichsfeld.