Trouble in the Union
Causa Maassen: CDU Vice Prien wants to stick to party exclusion procedures
The discussion about the exclusion of the former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen, continues in the CDU
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Hans-Georg Maassen may remain in the CDU for the time being. Deputy party leader Karin Prien wants to stick to the exclusion process against the former president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. It takes “staying power,” she said star.
Despite the bankruptcy in the first instance, the deputy wants CDU leader Karin Prien to hold on to the party exclusion procedure against the former President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen.
It is important to wait for the reasons for the decision to be available, said Prien dem star. “Politically and in the assessment of the facts, the position of the presidium and the federal executive board has of course not changed as a result of this first-instance decision from Thuringia. For this party exclusion procedure, as in other parties, staying power is necessary for good reasons.”
Party exclusion rejected for the time being
A district party court in Thuringia had previously rejected Maassen’s exclusion from the CDU and advocated that the 60-year-old get his membership rights back. Party leader Friedrich Merz then emphasized that he did not want to make any hasty decisions about how to proceed. Only when the written reasons for the judgment are available is there any possibility of appealing at all.
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The CDU board had decided on the exclusion process in February. Prien, who is also Minister of Education in Schleswig-Holstein, helped push it forward at the time.
Hans-Georg Maassen also controversial in the CDU
Maassen, a Christian Democrat for years, was also heavily criticized in the Union for controversial, right-wing theses and statements. The former top official is the head of the Union of Values, which is considered arch-conservative, but which is not officially part of the CDU. In 2021 he failed with a Bundestag candidacy.