Günther warns: Söder is wrong about black and green coalitions!

Günther warns: Söder is wrong about black and green coalitions!

Schleswig-Holstein's Prime Minister Daniel Günther, member of the CDU, critically commented on the political views of his Bavarian counterpart Markus Söder. According to Günther, Söder's attitude towards black and green coalitions in the federal government is wrong both strategically and in terms of content. In a conversation in the Phoenix Policy Podcast "Under 3", he emphasized that it was a serious mistake to explain in advance that one could only rule with a specific party. This limits the political options for action and is an uniform positioning.

Günther accused Söder to propagate a one -sided view with his statements and warned against chains to the SPD, which he does not consider to be the most innovative part of the traffic light government. "I think it is a serious mistake to commit myself one -sided," he said. Instead, he advocated working with all democratic parties what could strengthen the CDU's ability to act.

Söder's statements as a strategic error

The Prime Minister of Bavaria had accused Günther and his North Rhine-Westphalian counterpart Hendrik Wüst a week ago at the CSU party conference that they would make a serious strategic mistake for the next federal election by considering black and green coalitions. Günther reacted to this criticism by saying that Söder set up his own position through assumptions and gave a wrong impression. "It sounds as if Hendrik Wüst and I are running through the country and say that black and green is the only possibility for us after the next Bundestag election," said Günther, making it clear that neither Wüst nor he had ever argued.

strengths the CDU emphasize

Günther found that it was not an expression of strength to only deal with other parties critically and thus promote populism. Rather, the CDU could go into the Bundestag election campaign with self -confidence by presenting its own strengths and political concepts. According to Günther, it requires courage and foresight to realistically look at the political landscapes and to focus on the creation of constructive majorities.

The entire interview can be found on www.phoenix.de . This shows how the CDU can think about strategies internally about strategies and address the differences to other political camps.