Thorsten Frei: Union faction leader sees CDU in “very difficult condition”

Union parliamentary group leader Thorsten Frei has admitted that the CDU is in a difficult situation. At the same time, the CDU politician sees no alternative to the reform course that has been taken so far. The challenges and framework conditions are as difficult as they are rare, said the CDU politician in the ARD morning magazine. The CDU and SPD are “in a very difficult situation” due to poor election results and surveys.

With regard to the poor survey results, Frei said: "Of course that also leads to people looking at things a little more nervously." Nevertheless, one should not let this deter them. "We have our course, and we have to follow it consistently." Germany is not yet in a phase of self-sustaining economic growth, regardless of the enormous government investments. "That's why the reform course must continue." The country needs stable growth so that the state can cope with its tasks.

The CDU presidium wants to deal with the poor results in the last state elections on Sunday and Monday.