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Reaction to bad election results: Günther calls change course of the CDU leadership

2019-09-02T08:43:23.205Z


In Saxony and Brandenburg, the CDU has lost a lot in the elections, especially to the AfD. Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther speaks of an "alarm signal".



Daniel Günther calls on CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and her secretary general Paul Ziemiak after the heavy losses in the elections in Saxony and Brandenburg to change course.

"We do not succeed in binding some of the people in the new federal states," Günther attacked the party leadership. The speech was "obviously not perfect," said Schleswig-Holstein's prime minister of the "world". "There was certainly no tailwind from Berlin, so the results of the Sunday are also an alarm signal".

State election Saxony 2019

Preliminary final result

List voices Result

Shares in percent

CDU

32.1

-7.3

The left

10.4

-8.5

SPD

7.7

-4.7

AFD

27.5

+17.7

green

8.6

+2.9

FDP

4.5

+0.7

Free voters

3.4

+1.8

allocation of seats

Total: 118

Majority: 60 seats

14

10

11

46

37

The left (14)

SPD (10)

Green (11)

CDU (46)

AfD (37)

Source: Provincial Returning Officer

Results in detail

In the elections in Saxony, the CDU in Saxony had deteriorated to 32.1 percent. Thus, the previous black-red coalition under Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has lost its majority, is possible there is now a coalition of the previous government partner with the Greens. In Brandenburg, the CDU with its top candidate Ingo Senftleben with 15.6 percent historically bad. In Potsdam, there could be a red-red-green coalition given the heavy losses of the previous red-red coalition government.

Landtag election Brandenburg 2019

Preliminary final result

Second vote result

Shares in percent

SPD

26.2

-5.7

CDU

15.6

-7.4

The left

10.7

-7.9

AFD

23.5

+11.3

green

10.8

+4.6

BVB / Free Voters

5

+2.3

FDP

4.1

+2.6

other

4.1

+0.2

allocation of seats

Total: 88

Majority: 45 seats

10

25

10

5

15

23

The left (10)

SPD (25)

Green (10)

BVB / Free Voters (5)

CDU (15)

AfD (23)

Source: Provincial Returning Officer

Results in detail

Günther urges a reversal of the party leadership. "It will now be important that we also set clear points in terms of content." If that succeeds, the criticism of the person responsible will also settle.

Critic also from Brandenburg's CDU boss

Kramp-Karrenbauer had also admitted his own mistakes on the morning after the election. The CDU had gone in the past few months about some hurdles "not so elegant", "I personally," said the party leader.

Kramp-Karrenbauer wrote the electoral victory of the CDU in the election in Saxony especially Kretschmer. He was due to the result there, said the CDU federal chairman. He had driven the turnaround. The poor performance of the Union in Brandenburg she explained with the fact that the CDU in the clash between the SPD Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke and the AfD for the electoral victory was no longer permeated.

Criticism also came from the Brandenburg CDU chairman Ingo Senftleben. He demanded more support for federal politics after the great gains of the AfD. The CDU must worry about how they could regain confidence especially in the East, said Senftleben before a meeting of the party leadership for the preparation of the state elections. "That's only about decisions, about good deeds out of Berlin."

Source: spiegel

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