Frankfurt (Germany), 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – “We believe the CDU cannot carry on like this.” This was stated by AfD leader Alice Weidel at a press conference, commenting on the election results in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin and criticising the speech delivered by Chancellor and CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz following the initial exit polls. “We’ll see what the coming weeks bring, but Germany urgently needs reforms that aren’t being implemented. Germany is at a standstill and we simply cannot carry on like this,” said Weidel. The AfD leader described Merz’s speech as “very strange” and called on the CDU’s strategists to question the continuation of their political line. “They must ask themselves very carefully whether they want to carry on like this and make red-red-green majorities possible in the future,” she said, referring to the policy of isolating the AfD. Weidel then highlighted the result achieved by the party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the AfD came first with 38.2 per cent of the vote. “We have achieved a huge result,” she said, congratulating the lead candidate, Leif-Erik Holm, on his victory. For the AfD, this marks its second consecutive victory in a regional election, following the one in Saxony-Anhalt. “This clearly demonstrates that we have replaced the CDU as the people’s party,” added Weidel, emphasising that, for the first time in its history, the CDU has failed to secure a seat in a regional parliament.
Germany, Weidel: “The CDU cannot carry on like this; Merz made a strange speech”
Frankfurt (Germany), 21 Sept. (LaPresse) – “We believe the CDU cannot carry on like this.” This was stated by AfD leader Alice Weidel at a press conference, commenting on the election results in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin and criticising the speech delivered by Chancellor and CDU Chairman Friedrich Merz following the initial exit polls. “We’ll see what the coming weeks bring, but Germany urgently needs reforms that aren’t being implemented. Germany is at a standstill and we simply cannot carry on like this,” said Weidel. The AfD leader described Merz’s speech as “very strange” and called on the CDU’s strategists to question the continuation of their political line. “They must ask themselves very carefully whether they want to carry on like this and make red-red-green majorities possible in the future,” she said, referring to the policy of isolating the AfD. Weidel then highlighted the result achieved by the party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the AfD came first with 38.2 per cent of the vote. “We have achieved a huge result,” she said, congratulating the lead candidate, Leif-Erik Holm, on his victory. For the AfD, this marks its second consecutive victory in a regional election, following the one in Saxony-Anhalt. “This clearly demonstrates that we have replaced the CDU as the people’s party,” added Weidel, emphasising that, for the first time in its history, the CDU has failed to secure a seat in a regional parliament.