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."