Parties: Union of values ​​paves the way for Maaßen to found a party

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Union of values ​​paves the way for Maaßen to found a party

The event location in Erfurt, where several hundred members of the Union of Values ​​gathered. photo

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Germany’s former top intelligence officer Hans-Georg Maaßen wants to turn the Union of Values ​​into a new party. In Erfurt, members of the conservative association voted for it.

The conservative one Values ​​Union has cleared the way for the founding of the party planned by its boss Hans-Georg Maaßen. According to their spokesman in Erfurt, a majority of the members of the association, which previously said it was close to the CDU, voted to transfer the naming rights to the Values ​​Union to the planned party. Maaßen was given the mandate “to initiate the founding of a conservative-liberal party under this name,” explained the Union of Values.

A Maaßen party would be the second prominent new foundation in 2024. At the beginning of the year, the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance of the former left-wing politician had already been founded as a party.

The Union of Values ​​explained that the party will be founded so promptly that participation in the state elections in Thuringia, Saxony and Brandenburg in September will be guaranteed. The CDU has been expelling the former head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Maaßen, since last year.

The general meeting, which, according to a spokesman, several hundred members of the Union of Values ​​came to Erfurt, was held behind closed doors. The Union of Values ​​is not an official party division of the CDU or CSU. According to him, the founding of the party and thus a move away from the CDU/CSU were announced at the beginning of January. He attracted nationwide attention.

dpa

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