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CDU Vice Jung at a distance from Merz: “AfD is the main opponent”
“Of course, our main ideological opponent is the AfD”: Andreas Jung. photo
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Deputy CDU leader Jung contradicts Merz. He sees the AfD and Die Linke as the main ideological opponents, not the Greens.
“Of course, our main ideological opponent is the AfD,” said the member of the Bundestag in the SWR program “Zur Sache Baden-Württemberg”. In addition to the AfD, you fight the left. In Baden-Württemberg, the CDU governs successfully with the Greens. “We are competitors in federal politics,” explained the CDU climate expert.
After the election of an AfD candidate as district administrator in the Thuringian district of Sonneberg, Merz announced that he would be more involved with the Greens – these would be “the main opponents” in the federal government for the foreseeable future.
The Baden-Württemberger Jung is against working primarily on the Greens in the traffic light coalition. “We are dealing with a joint federal government.” He wanted to deal with the government in terms of content and constructive criticism. He accused the Greens in the federal government of having polarized with the heating law. He accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of paying too little attention to climate protection.