CDU top candidate Peters wants to show a tougher edge against the SPD before the election in MV

The CDU's top candidate in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Daniel Peters, wants to show a clearer stance against his federal coalition partner, the SPD, in the next 14 days until the state elections. “We now need a real reform agenda. “What has always distinguished us is a clear economic policy course, and that is what we need to pursue now,” said the CDU state chairman in an interview with Welt-TV. “We have to end deindustrialization, and that can only be done with tough reforms. And an SPD must also understand that.”

Peters: It's about the state and not about the federal government

At the same time, Peters emphasized that the election on September 20th was about the state and not about the federal government. “But at the moment we have a situation in which we cannot allow a state election to take place. It's not about the national issues at all. It's about somehow preventing the AfD."

In addition, federal political issues are often the focus. But it is important to talk about the country's issues. “It depends on the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 20th. It's not about federal politics, it's about the future of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania."

The CDU will make this very clear in the next 14 days. “Friedrich Merz is not standing for election, but I and the Union candidates in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are standing for election.”

CDU is threatened with a historically poor performance on September 20th

In the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD was by far the strongest force with 43.8 percent of the vote. The CDU fell to 17.2 percent. The Left got 8.6 percent, the SPD got 9.3 percent, the Greens climbed to 8.9 percent, the BSW got 5.3 percent of the vote, the FDP didn't make it into the state parliament with 2.6 percent.

A new state parliament will be elected in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 20th. Here too, the AfD is ahead in surveys - but so far below the 40 percent mark. Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig's SPD is in second place. The CDU is threatened with a historically poor performance in the northeast, with poll numbers around and in some cases below ten percent.