Eislinger Catalepe changes from the Greens to the CDU: a change of policy!

Eislinger Catalepe changes from the Greens to the CDU: a change of policy!

Göppingen, Deutschland - Ayla Cataltepe, the former MPs of the Greens in the Baden-Württemberg state parliament, recently made a significant change. On December 6, 2024, she announced her exit from the Green Party and immediately applied for entry to the CDU. Just four days later she was officially included in the CDU parliamentary group. This decision was followed by a long personal and political consideration, since Catalepe, who has been sitting in the state parliament since 2021, has become increasingly away from the positions of her former party in recent years. She had the feeling that her views on topics such as democracy and migration policy were not adequately heard there. "After an in -depth exam, I believe that both my political conviction and my political work fit better with the CDU," she said in a press release, such as

The Green Group, which now only counts 57 members, weakens

, while the CDU increases to 43 members. Sarah Schweizer, a colleague of Cataltepe during her time in the Green Group, was positive about the change and emphasized that Catalepe was a committed and sincere colleague who can now make valuable contributions to the CDU.