CDU: Criticism of the Dominance of the Economic Wing

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Celebrities of Christian Democrats are partly responsible for the lack of a social profile for the loss of trust among many voters. Elmar Brok and Dennis Radtke warn that the CDU must again address the political centre more strongly. More in the liveticker.

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In the CDU, after severe defeats in the state elections, there is fierce criticism of the dominance of the economic wing. The long-standing CDU member of the federal board Elmar Brok said to the "Süddeutsche Zeitung": "If we go to the purely economic liberal camp, that destroys the CDU." The economic wing plays a far too strong role in the Bundestag faction. Ordinary policy is for "these people, which uses the upper economic circles. For them it…