Saxony-Anhalt election: CDU youth wing calls for state party leadership to resign

After heavy losses in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, the CDU’s youth wing is demanding the resignation and replacement of the entire state party leadership. The call reaches from state chairman Sven Schulze to the full executive board.

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The AfD has become the strongest force, the CDU is the loser of this election.

The Junge Union state executive adopted a resolution saying the election had delivered an unmistakable verdict. “The AfD has become the strongest force, the CDU is the loser of this election,” the document said. “Responsibility for this result lies with the entire party leadership.”

The youth wing rejected any simple continuation of the current course. “After a defeat of this magnitude, there can be no mere ‘business as usual,’” the resolution said. It argued that a credible new beginning required the Saxony-Anhalt CDU to completely renew its leadership.

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After a defeat of this magnitude, there can be no mere ‘business as usual.’

“That is the basis for new trust and new credibility,” the resolution said. It described the coming days and weeks as decisive, warning that the party stood at a turning point and that anyone who simply returned to the usual agenda would fail to grasp the significance of the election result.

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That is the basis for new trust and new credibility.