CDU leaders continue to see no basis for cooperation with the left

How should the Union deal with the strengthened left? A decision prohibits cooperation, but voters do not necessarily see a red line – including that of CDU/CSU.

Leading CDU politicians currently see no basis for changing the ban on cooperation with the Left Party. The SPD, on the other hand, is calling for an end to the CDU/CSU's firewall against the Left Party.

At present, top politicians of the CDU do not see any basis for a change in the prohibition of cooperation with the Left Party. "The incompatibility decision is good as it is," said General Secretary Carsten Linnemann to the "star."Chancellor Thorsten Frei (CDU) added on Tuesday at Welt TV, he does not see anyone seriously considering "revoking or modifying in any way the decision of the party congress in force". Jusos, on the other hand, called…