Domestic politics: Would change the lives of many people: Kramp-Karrenbauer warns against alliances with the left or AfD

The Left won the election in Berlin and the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt. The former CDU leader believes that many people's lives would change dramatically if these parties were to govern.

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, chairwoman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation: The former CDU party leader fears far-reaching upheavals if the AfD and the Left rule in Anhalt and Berlin. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

Berlin. Former CDU leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has warned urgently against the AfD taking over government in Saxony-Anhalt and the Left Party in Berlin. “These governments would massively change the lives of many people,” said the chairwoman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger.

“The question for Jews is whether they can still live safely here, whether Germany is really their home,” said Kramp-Karrenbauer. Police officers could no longer be sure whether they had the backing of their employer when operating against radical forces. “Intelligence agents from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution fear for their safety,” she added. “Officials who are sworn to the Basic Law may find themselves in a deep conflict of loyalty.”

In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD became the strongest force in the state elections in September. Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund would like to run for election as Prime Minister in December, even though the AfD does not have its own majority. In Berlin, the Left won the House of Representatives election. She wants to start coalition negotiations with the Greens and SPD on Monday.

The right-wing political fringe should be viewed particularly against the background of German history, said Kramp-Karrenbauer. "But I consider the Berlin Left Party's anti-Semitism and socialist social ideas to be just as dangerous. That is not compatible with our political and economic order."

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