CDU Prime Ministers stand behind Merz

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz: The trigger for the personnel debate was the shock over the poor performance in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt.

Berlin. The CDU prime ministers support Chancellor Friedrich Merz: People can trust that their problems will be addressed, according to a joint statement that was available to the Reuters news agency.

“As Prime Ministers, we want and will make our contribution to this together with the Chancellor,” it emphasizes.

After some hesitation, the state leaders follow CSU boss and Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder. He expressly expressed his support for Merz on Tuesday and called on the CDU to stop its personnel discussions about the Chancellor.

After a number of CDU politicians had led a debate about Merz in the past few days, which was primarily about party and domestic politics, the eight CDU state leaders are now emphasizing that Germany will continue to need “a stable and capable federal government with its own majority in the Bundestag” in the future.

Parliamentary elections will take place next year in Poland, Italy, Spain and Greece and presidential elections in France, the outcome of which is uncertain. “It will be all the more important for a stable and strong Germany in a united Europe.”