Brandenburg CDU politicians criticize Merz in incendiary letters

Brandenburg's CDU deputy parliamentary group leader Frank Bommert - previously an ardent supporter of party leader Friedrich Merz - vents his anger at the Chancellor with an incendiary letter. “We don’t need any further announcements, but rather decisions that actually reach the company and the people,” Bommert wrote in the letter, which he published on Instagram.

"I am aware that not every problem can be solved within a few months. But people need to feel again that something is moving (...)."

Bommert, who is also district chairman of the CDU Oberhavel, had already called for quick solutions in mid-September. “You can’t come with any Sunday speeches,” he told dpa. However, he is not calling for Merz to resign now. According to Bommert, he wrote the letter as a CDU politician, entrepreneur and father. The 65-year-old runs a metal construction company in Kremmen. Several media outlets had previously reported on his letter.

“I have high hopes for you and your chancellorship,” writes Bommert. "I remember your demand for the tax return on the beer mat. And I remember very well your clear words at the Kremmen talk in front of many entrepreneurs: less bureaucracy, more freedom and more trust in those who get up every morning, create jobs and bear responsibility. That's exactly what many are still waiting for today." He criticized “bureaucracy, high costs, slow procedures and ever new regulations”.

The CDU stronghold Großbeeren had already written an incendiary letter to Merz. The chairman of the CDU Großbeeren, Adrian Hepp, discussed a separation of party and government office with the German Press Agency: "We will not now demand a resignation. But it would also have been a viable option to divide the party leadership and the office of Chancellor."

The CDU local branch in Mühlenbecker Land also wrote an incendiary letter a few days ago. “Now is the time for consequences,” says the statement from CDU chairwoman Mühlenbecker Land, Katja Behrendt-Didszun, and eight other members. “We expect that errors will be identified, political decisions will be reviewed and concrete changes will be made instead of further announcements.”