CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann has admitted that his party will cooperate on some levels with the far-left Die Linke, despite the official party line that cooperation with either Die Linke or the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is prohibited.
It seems that the xcentre-right CDU is continuing the legacy of former chancellor Angela Merkel, and is happier to work together with the far-left, the successors of the former communists, than with the AfD, which has much more in common with the conservative CDU of old.
For the first time, the CDU submitted a motion to the parliament together with Die Linke on Tuesday, May 6th. Carsten Linnemann said that for the time being, everything will stay the same regarding cooperation with the far-left party but the CDU may alter party policy in the future.
Previously Thorsten Frei, the head of the Chancellery said that the CDU would start internal talks on abolishing the so-called “incompatibility resolution,” saying “it is about finding pragmatic solutions for our country.”
In its reaction, the AfD reminded German voters that new chancellor Friedrich Merz not only backtracked on his campaign promises to be tougher on migration, and to not take on massive debts, but he is now making a U-turn on not working together with Die Linke—a party which wants to “abolish capitalism” and introduce “democratic socialism.”
