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BackCDU leader Peters: AfD benefits from polarization – cooperation is impossible

CDU leader Peters: AfD benefits from polarization – cooperation is impossible

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Die Welt56 minutes agoPolitics2 min readGermany

CDU leader Peters: AfD benefits from polarization – cooperation is impossible

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Daniel Peters, CDU chairman in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and top candidate for the state elections on September 20th, comments on his party's desolate poll of eight percent.
He criticizes the polarization by the SPD, emphasizes the need for a middle-class center and rules out coalitions with the AfD and the Left Party, despite the deficit in the election campaign.

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Why It Matters

The CDU in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is polling at eight percent, far behind the AfD (35 percent), SPD (32 percent) and the Left Party (eleven percent). Daniel Peters is the top candidate for the state elections on September 20th.

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

In the last two weeks of the election campaign, the CDU will focus more on the middle class and the reality of life in rural areas.
Likely · Within weeks
There will be no coalition between the CDU and the AfD or the Left Party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Very likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

How will the CDU win back its voters?
What specific issues does the CDU want to emphasize in the last two weeks of the election campaign?
How will the SPD react to the allegations of polarization?

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This article was originally published by Die Welt.