As of: February 14, 2024, 9:39 a.m
By: Florian Naumann
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For the CSU, the fun begins after carnival: Söder's “plain text” is expected at Political Ash Wednesday.
But there could also be serious tones.
Political Ash Wednesday
in
Lower Bavaria
: The CSU is expecting thousands of supporters in Passau
CSU
party celebrities on the podium: Markus Söder is expected to speak “plainly” against the AfD
CSU meets before the
European elections
: Serious tones from Weber?
Free voters could also get rid of their fat.
In this news ticker we accompany the CSU's political Ash Wednesday for you.
Passau/Munich – After the end of carnival, the rough fun really begins in Lower Bavaria – that is the usual route for the CSU’s political Ash Wednesday in Passau.
Everything is ready this Wednesday (February 14th).
Party leader Markus Söder will speak in the Dreiländerhalle.
As does General Secretary Martin Huber, who is officially responsible for the CSU attack department.
On the homepage of the Ingolstadt district association you can read: With “around 6,000 CSU members” they want to spend the day with “beer, pretzels and hearty speeches”.
But there are doubts that the date will be consistently reasonable this time.
Co-speaker and EPP parliamentary group leader Manfred Weber has announced a more serious tone in view of the (now slightly subdued) AfD's rise and the approaching European elections.
Söder at the CSU's Political Ash Wednesday: “Plain text” against the AfD?
“Weber wants to end the traffic light bashing” was the recent headline in the
Munich Merkur
.
The
BR
at least picked up on the date and put “political Valentine’s Wednesday” on the agenda – albeit with the addition of “exchange of blows instead of bouquets of flowers”.
Weber, however, had warned months ago about a choice of direction in Europe.
He must be serious.
According to information from
Merkur
, Weber could also attack the Free Voters - more precisely, their non-presence in Brussels.
Söder's "Foreign Minister" Eric Beißwenger had recently revealed in an aside that he had not yet met Hubert Aiwanger abroad.
The AfD is also likely to be an issue.
Those around Söder said that there would be “plain language and no wishy-washy”.
The right-wing populists could provide a great opportunity: they are sending hardliner and European election candidate Maximilian Krah to their Ash Wednesday in Osterhofen (Deggendorf district).
“The original”: Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder drinks beer at the political Ash Wednesday in Passau.
© Peter Kneffel/dpa
But the CSU will probably not disappoint its most die-hard supporters.
Söder promised a “guaranteed traffic light-free zone” the morning before the appointment.
Most recently, he repeatedly called for new elections to the Bundestag and suggested that the European elections be scheduled for June 9th.
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Söder also revealed: He put the “finishing touches” on his speech on Tuesday afternoon over a doughnut.
It's simply part of the end of the carnival.
Which meant that there was a bit less of an attack noticeable than in the previous days.
The CSU boss said the Greens had a “strategy” against Leberkäs, currywurst and the like.
Some interested looks from the CSU are also likely to wander to the competition's Ash Wednesday events.
Söder's Deputy Prime Minister Aiwanger speaks to the Free Voters in Deggendorf.
Party leader Omid Nouripour is traveling to Landshut for his favorite opponent, the Greens.
The BSW also organizes a political Ash Wednesday - with figurehead Sahra Wagenknecht like the CSU in Passau.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz appears in the evening in Apolda, Thuringia.
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