As of: February 13, 2024, 9:38 p.m
By: Klaus-Maria Mehr
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The Bavarian Prime Minister is concerned about his coalition partner's shift to the right.
The free voters should be careful, warns Söder.
Munich - Markus Söder, the chairman of the CSU, sees the political course of his coalition partners, the Free Voters, as dangerously right-wing.
“My serious advice: be careful that the Free Voters do not end up permanently to the right of the CSU between the AfD, the Union of Values and Wagenknecht.
“FW means free and not frustrated voters,” said the Bavarian Prime Minister to the Bavaria media group.
Markus Söder (l.) warns his coalition partner Free Voters, here on the right their leader Hubert Aiwanger, against a shift to the right.
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Söder: “Free voters were a constructive force.
That seems to be changing right now.”
According to Söder's assessment, the Free Voters and Aiwanger are currently experiencing a decline in approval in surveys as they try to win votes from the right-wing spectrum.
“The Free Voters have always been a constructive political force - that's how I've always experienced them and that's how I appreciate them.
But that seems to be changing.”
CSU boss still wants to continue with Aiwanger – “for one legislative period”
At the same time, Söder emphasized that he would like to continue to govern with the Free Voters.
“We work well together and will continue this together.
But it is also clear: we are elected for one legislative period,” he explained.
In return, a black-green coalition is not an option.
“The Greens are out – not just in Bavaria, but also in Germany.
If I have my way, there will be no black-green party, neither in Bavaria nor in Germany.” In doing so, Söder contradicted the view of CDU leader Friedrich Merz, who did not want to fundamentally reject cooperation with the Greens.
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“Bavaria in economic decline”
Söder described the cooperation within the Bavarian coalition as follows: “We govern together - in a difficult time in which Bavaria has to resist an economic downward pull in Germany.” However, he emphasized that everyone in the cabinet is making maximum efforts for the well-being of the country have to deliver top performance.
“In football, it doesn’t make sense if the goalkeeper is constantly hanging around in the opponent’s penalty area – his place is on his own line.
This applies to every single minister.
I would like to point out that this is my job as Prime Minister.”
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