Warum der Kanzler am Tegernsee statt in Sachsen-Anhalt urlaubte und wie die CDU vor der Wahl dort unter Druck steht
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Die CDU steht vor der Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt am 6. September. Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz steht wegen unerfüllter politischer Versprechen in der Kritik.
Die politische Sommerpause ist vorbei, doch neugierige Zeitgenossen fragen sich immer noch, warum der Bundeskanzler ausgerechnet am Tegernsee Urlaub gemacht hat. Warum nicht in Sachsen-Anhalt, wo es doch auch schön ist?
Nun, vermutlich ist Friedrich Merz dem Rat seines Freundes Wolfram Weimer gefolgt. Bayern, schrieb dieser in seinem 2006 erschienenen Büchlein Credo, »ist tief von religiösen Bezügen durchdrungen«. Der Urlaub dort sei »interessanter als in Sachsen-Anhalt«.
Die CDU wird einen Teufel tun und diesen Satz in Sachsen-Anhalt plakatieren, denn am 6. September wird dort gewählt. Es wird womöglich Merz' Schicksalswahl. Denn selbst treue Unionsmitglieder sind vom Bundeskanzler bitter enttäuscht.
Merz hatte ihnen »CDU pur« versprochen, stramme Linie, harte Kante, klare Entscheidungen. Mehr Work, weniger Life-Balance, weniger Bürgergeld, weniger Schulden, weniger Migranten, dafür mehr saubere Städte. AfD halbiert und Wachstum verdoppelt.
Nun, das ist nicht ganz gelungen. Stattdessen hat es der Kanzler geschafft, fast jeder Bevölkerungsgruppe vors Schienbein zu treten. Abgesehen vielleicht von Privatpiloten, denn er ist ja selbst einer.
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