Germany

The conservatives face an internal discussion after the dive during state elections in Saarland, Thuringia and Saxony. The Christ Socials accused chancellor Angela Merkel of holding back too much and demanded more aggression.


Due to the multiple losses there seems to rise an internal discussion within the conservatives about the party-intern strategy. The Christ Socials from Bavaria accused Angela Merkel of holding back too much and demanded more aggression. The economical wing of the party CDU also criticized Merkel. CDU board member Philipp Missfelder demanded a clear stand of his party for a coalition with the Lib Dems.



The Christ Dem mep Manfred Weber said that "Merkel has to top more and has to stress our content positions clearer. She has to border more against our political enemy." The Christ Dems mentioned before that they want a calm election.



The conservative economical wing demanded after the harsh election defeat of the conservatives a clear program for growth for the election for parliament. "The election campaign upto now hasnt a profile concerning content. Miss Merkel should fight during the remaining weeks with a clear growth and employment program" said Josef Schlarmann. He suspected though that Merkel will circumvent difficult questions. "She tries to top the questions with a decision about persons between herself and Steinmeier."


Schlarmann gave complicity to Merkel for the bad results in Saarland and Thuringia. "Miss Merkel designed the campaign on country level for herself and thus the primes there -in thuringia and saarland - couldnt score on state level."


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Former Lib Dem foreign Minister Genscher demanded the Christ Dems to give an exclusive statement for a coalition with the Lib Dems quickly.