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Tilman Kuban at the SPIEGEL top-level discussion
Tilman Kuban calls for a unified course by the federal government in the Ukraine conflict.
It is important that Russia is spoken to "with one voice," said the chairman of the Junge Union (JU) at the SPIEGEL top-level talks with Markus Feldenkirchen.
It is "strange" when the SPD talks about a "conflict that has been talked about," but on the other hand the Green Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock shows a "clear edge" towards Russia.
It is correct that Baerbock has a clear stance.
"People in Ukraine are afraid and worried," said Kuban.
"We will have to stand with Ukraine," said Kuban.
In the event of a conflict, this also includes the delivery of weapons, as Great Britain has already done.
But he refused to send troops.
It's not about putting the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into operation or not.
This is the wrong debate.
Rather, the question is: “Are we going to take gas from Russia or not?” Kuban said.
The energy turnaround in Germany would not be possible without Russian gas.
Kuban also criticized the new government's corona policy.
It is wrong to want to decide on the introduction of compulsory vaccination in Germany via group applications in the Bundestag (read more here).
"The traffic light can't wriggle out and try to find the majority elsewhere," said Kuban.
He spoke out in favor of expanding the 2G rules in public life, “at work and in the subway, for example”.
That would be like a compulsory vaccination.
Maassen is to leave the CDU
Kuban was also critical of the former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen.
“This man has no place in the CDU,” the JU boss clarified.
Maassen, who spreads statements critical of vaccination, should leave the party himself – “if he really cares about the CDU”.
He considers this a "appropriate step".
If you get stuck in talks, there must be a party exclusion procedure.
For Merkel as CDU honorary chairwoman
Kuban spoke out in favor of appointing ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel as honorary chairwoman of the CDU: "Anyone who has led Germany so successfully for 16 years deserves it."
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