In the CDU, calls for personal consequences after the poor performance in the federal election are louder.
The district chairmen in Saxony-Anhalt call on the federal leadership to ask critical questions of the grassroots in the east.
Magdeburg - The parliamentary managing director of the CDU state parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt, Markus Kurz, has suggested the resignation of the CDU presidium. “It would be logical to start over from scratch. The time is ripe for it ”, said Kurz on Sunday before the parliamentary group chairman conference of the Union in Magdeburg. There the parliamentary groups from the CDU and CSU want to analyze the result of the federal election.
In his testimony, Kurz also referred to an open letter from the CDU district chairman in Saxony-Anhalt.
In it, these demand “the convening of a district chairperson conference of the eastern federal states with the leadership of the federal party”.
It is "high time" for a turning point.
"We expect real humility in dealing with the election result, assuming full responsibility for this result, as well as a swift and thorough analysis of the result and the necessary consequences," the letter says.
Instead of confronting the poor result, it "appears that the party leadership has not noticed," criticize the CDU district chiefs.
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Kurz said on Sunday that there was nothing against “one or the other” running again for the CDU presidium.
"But if you step back completely and say that we have experienced a fiasco, that would certainly be a clean cut that would also go down well with the citizens," said the member of the state parliament.
Christian von Stetten, member of the Bundestag, had already suggested that the CDU presidium resign.
When asked who should take on more responsibility in the party in the future, Kurz named Carsten Linnemann, chairman of the CDU SME Association, and Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn.
The CDU parliamentary group leader in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, Siegfried Borgwardt, also called for his party to be reorganized.
"We need a generation change, that is undisputed," he said.
There are "several candidates" who would be eligible, said Borgwardt.
dpa