Markus Söder is increasingly criticized in the Union.
Meanwhile, the CSU boss continues to tease a possible traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP.
Munich - After the disaster of the Union in the federal election in 2021, the pressure on CSU boss Markus Söder is now increasing.
First and foremost, the Junge Union had politically wiped out the Bavarian Prime Minister.
Markus Söder: CSU boss puts pressure on possible traffic light coalition and Olaf Scholz
"It is a great value that we have a strong Prime Minister," said CSU Vice Manfred Weber of the
Süddeutsche Zeitung:
"But when I say that he is number one, it also means that Markus Söder bears most of the responsibility . Not only for the decisions, but also for the party's election results. And from this we now have to draw the right conclusions together. "
Now Söder expressed himself. The 54-year-old Franconian did not take a position on the criticism of him - instead, he shared against a possible traffic light coalition made up of the SPD, Greens and FDP and against Maybe Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
“With a traffic light government, we could experience a change of political epoch, so it is important that the CDU and CSU show a new unity.
We have to become the bulwark against a left slide in Germany, ”said Söder in an interview with Die
Welt am Sonntag
.
Even before the general election, he had warned of an allegedly threatened political slide to the left.
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What is also noticeable: Söder apparently does not want to make friends with the new role as an opposition party in the federal government.
"We must not give the impression that we are not willing to govern," said the CSU boss and demanded: "We are two parties, but have a common bourgeois idea.
In terms of style and content, we should move closer together again instead of talking publicly about each other. ”Striking: At the so-called Germany Day of the Junge Union (JU), CSU General Secretary Markus Blume said:“ We now have to recognize reality: We are the opposition. ”
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In this, Söder wants to prevent tax increases in the Federal Council together with the CDU.
There will be no fundamental blockade, he said, but: “We definitely won't go along with any tax increases.
We rather need tax cuts. "
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