Germany’s CDU cozies up to left-wing Die Linke after Merz’s chancellorship election misstep

Friedrich Merz could only travel to Paris as planned because of the Left Party on Wednesday as chancellor. Does the relationship continue after the agreement with the electoral procedure in the Bundestag?

After the Bundestag spectacle with a firewall tingel fishing, the Union's incompatibility decision is counted – but only in one direction for the time being. Unfortunately, the conservative love for the political left is as often more one-sided.

In order to make a second ballot for the chancellor's election in the Bundestag possible, the Union faction will also speak to the left on Tuesday. The CDU's incompatibility decision is over, says Linken-Chefin Schwerdtner. At the same time, it calls Chancellor Merz a "class enemy".

The Union's incompatibility decision with the Left Party has fallen (Report24 reported) – and a future cooperation for two-thirds majority voting is in fact already decided. In the fight against the AfD, they also ally themselves with communists. A commentary by Heinz Steiner In the GDR, all parties were united under the umbrella of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). Christian Democrats, Liberals and National Democrats also had to subor…

An incompatibility decision by the CDU refuses to cooperate with the left - but that was exactly what was needed for the second ballot in the chancellor's election. The discussion is thus rekindled, Chancellor's Office Minister Frei is open.

The CDU has an incompatibility decision with the Left Party, but accepted their help in the election of the chancellor of Friedrich Merz. Now the Left demands consequences.