CSU boss Söder calls for a “firewall to the left” at the Junger Union

In his speech at the Junge Union's "Germany Day" CSU leader Markus Söder called for a political demarcation of the center parties to the left. Söder took the agreement between the Berlin Left, the Greens and the SPD on coalition negotiations as an opportunity to call for a “firewall to the left”.

“When you talk about firewalls, you need one to the left,” said the Bavarian Prime Minister. “Germany must not be identified as the leader with such forces.”

Söder accused the left of, among other things, “deep-rooted anti-Semitism”. What is happening in Berlin is being discussed “far too harmlessly” in public. “What is happening now is a new fall from grace,” said the CSU chairman.

Massive criticism of socialization plans

Söder sharply criticized the plans of a possible left-wing government in Berlin to socialize large housing companies. “Such absurd expropriation fantasies of socialists” must be stopped, said the CSU leader. The federal government's planned law against socialization must therefore be introduced "as quickly as possible".

The Left, the Greens and the SPD reached an agreement in their exploratory talks on Saturday. A central agreement is a corporatization of real estate groups with more than 10,000 apartments. Up to 16 billion euros should be made available as compensation for this.

The Left clearly won the election to the House of Representatives on September 20th. The explorations with the Greens and SPD were overshadowed by allegations of anti-Semitism against individual Left members. Even before the start, a fundamental agreement was reached that stipulated Israel's right to exist as "non-negotiable" and announced sanctions and even exclusion from the party in the event of violations.

Söder supports JU decision

Söder supported a resolution by the Junge Union, which, among other things, called for a red-green-red state government to be excluded from information from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Federal Criminal Police Office. This decision is “absolutely necessary,” he said.

He also brought up Berlin's exclusion from the state financial equalization system: "The others can have the money. But it doesn't work that way that we also pay for it." Today's left is "a different left" than before, said Söder. She represents positions that are unacceptable.

“The AfD has the goal of destroying us”

The CSU leader pointed out that the electoral successes of the Left and AfD were also noticed internationally. "The whole world is now reading what is happening in Germany and rubbing its eyes. Extremists are at the forefront everywhere." Söder also once again clearly differentiated himself from the AfD. "The AfD has the goal of destroying us. It has the goal of making us an appendage. It has the goal of dividing us," he said.

He suggested that CDU MPs who would vote for AfD candidates in parliament to leave the party. "Either you have the backbone and say straight away that you want them. But if you are too cowardly to say that, then you should please leave our party, our shop."