How Merz Dug His Own Political Grave

The leadership of the CDU encounters growing displeasure within its own party: one must break away from the SPD. Calls for more righter politics become loud.

Even before the conclusion of the coalition negotiations there is criticism of Friedrich Merz, also from his own ranks. Is he already losing support? And: mobile phone ban on schools

The CDU top triggers displeasure in its own party: It is too much in line with the wishes of the SPD. Calls for right-wing politics are being voiced.

In the Union, the feeling of being dragged over the table by the SPD in the coalition negotiations is spreading. Criticism of the chairman Friedrich Merz becomes louder. Not only at the base.

Only in Kühlungsborn does a half-city association leave the CDU, now the Kreisverband Köln reports with a letter of fire: In the Union the displeasure of the members grows. If Friedrich Merz does not take these warnings seriously, he endangers the future of his party.

In the Union, the uprising crumbles: members, everywhere in the country, refuse the future coalition course – and break the taboo AfD. Resistance is also stirred up in Berlin.