CSU rails against Berlin and “gender toilets” – “I can’t explain it to the people in Bavaria”
After a two-year Corona break, the CSU is meeting again in Seeon. Externally, the Ukraine war is on the agenda – internally it is probably about the Bavarian election.
- CSU weather against Berlin and “gender toilets”: “I can’t explain it to the people in Bavaria”
- CSU visit from EU Parliament President Metsola: Demand for Leopard tanks for Ukraine.
- Ukraine war in the focus of the Christian Socialists: Dobrindt demands Lambrecht departure
- This News ticker to the CSU retreat in Seeon is continuously updated.
Update from January 8, 12:00 p.m.: At the end of its retreat in the Seeon, the CSU once again accused the federal government of failings in security policy. A national security council and top national security adviser are “more urgent than ever,” said regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt in Seeon Monastery.
Dobrindt also referred to the Arrest of a terrorist suspect in the Ruhr area. There are different forms of terrorism from threats from abroad and at home, for example from the so-called “Reich citizens”. And economic issues could also become a “serious security issue”. Dobrindt criticized that the coordination of all these security issues in Germany was not sufficiently organized. However, the Union itself had not created the required posts during the 16-year reign.
Terrorism expert Peter Neumann supported the demand. Germany is the only country in the G7 group that does not have a national security council, which believes it can afford different ministries to pursue different policies.
CSU rails against Berlin and “gender toilets” – “I can’t explain it to the people in Bavaria”
Update from January 8, 9:10 a.m.: Shortly before the end of the CSU retreat in Seeon, the party once again complained about Bavaria’s declaration in the state financial equalization. “There are obviously false incentives at the moment, because mismanagement is rewarded,” said Ulrich Lange, deputy head of the Union faction in the Bundestag wheal. He cannot explain to “the people here in Bavaria” that “their money is being spent in Berlin on services that are not available in the Free State,” argued Lange. As an example, he cited “free day-care places”.
CSU General Secretary Martin Huber also criticized the distribution mechanism: “Berlin gets billions from the financial equalization pot every year and obviously does not spend this money on important state tasks such as internal security,” said Huber, referring to the Prosecutions after the riots on New Year’s Eve in Berlin. “Instead, the Senate builds gender toilets or gives campaign gifts like a 29-euro ticket that costs half a billion,” he reprimanded. “We want Bavaria to have to pay significantly less as part of the financial equalization in the future,” he added.
The demands are not new: CSU boss had already in September Markus Söder is publicly considering a lawsuit against the establishment of the state financial equalization system.
EU Parliament President Metsola: Leopard tanks for Ukraine – support for protesters in Iran
Update from January 7th, 11:47 am: The second day of the CSU retreat has begun. Foreign and security policy is a key topic on Saturday. EU Parliament President and EPP Member Roberta Metsola made a statement together with CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt.
Metsola got the death of the federal government The announced delivery of Marder tanks to Ukraine welcomed. Metsola said it was important to continue the announced support for Ukraine. She is therefore also in favor of the delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, as demanded by the CSU and politicians from other parties. Russia wants Europe to look the other way when it comes to Ukraine. This must not be allowed. It is important that Europe continues to support the Ukrainians politically, humanitarian and also militarily. But it is also important that Europe strengthens its own defense forces and becomes “a real defense union”.
In the presence of the President of the European Parliament, Dobrindt sharply attacked the federal government. Germany’s weakness in leadership is the reason why Europe as a whole cannot be strong at the moment. “A weak federal government is an Achilles’ heel for Europe,” said the CSU politician.
Metsola also called for more support for the protesters in Iran and stronger condemnation of the Iranian leadership’s actions. One should “stand up” and stand with the women and men who took to the streets in Iran for life and freedom, she said. These are things that are taken for granted in Europe. “But it is our job as a Union to defend, support and demand this again and again worldwide,” added Dobrindt. It was agreed that sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards were needed.
“Breakdown over breakdown”: Söder settles accounts with Scholz at the start in Seeon – and demands Lambrecht’s departure
Update from January 6, 7:32 p.m.: At the start of the three-day winter retreat of the CSU in Seeon on Friday, Markus Söder not only criticized the work of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) and the associated “weak leadership” of Olaf Scholz – the Greens also got their fat off Bavaria’s Prime Minister.
Söder wrote on Twitter on Friday: “The Greens are the biggest blackout risk. The question of energy supply from April is still unresolved.” Söder also writes that he would be happy if Robert Habeck “finally became Minister for Economic Affairs and not just remains Minister for Climate.”
With a tweet against Economics Minister Habeck, Söder made a toast, among other things at the Table.Media-Journalist Malte Kreutzfeldt on criticism. “If the decision on the continued operation of the nuclear power plants had not been made by chancellor’s word of power, but as originally planned by the conditions examined in the stress test, they would not be connected to the grid at the moment.” . Oh, in the future nuclear power plants are not to ensure a power supply.
“Breakdown over breakdown”: Söder settles accounts with Scholz at the start in Seeon
Update from January 6, 3:20 p.m.: Markus Söder opened the Bundestag-CSU retreat in Seeon with sharp words against the traffic light coalition. Among other things, he called for the approval of Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD). They are “simply overwhelmed with their task, from start to finish,” said the Bavarian Prime Minister.
“Each longer day creates more uncertainty. And if she herself finds it difficult to recognize that, it may well be, then the Federal Chancellor must act. That is a real management task for the Chancellor,” said Söder. It was an “absolute leadership weakness” on the part of Scholz that he left his federal government’s greatest weakness in such a large department in office. “Nothing went right in the Ministry of Defense all year. mishap after mishap”.
“We always have to be carried to decisions,” Söder accused Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) of tank deliveries to Ukraine. “It’s no use if France is practically the engine and we are the wheels that roll afterwards,” added Söder. Under Scholz, Germany had become the lonely man in Europe. CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt said: “Macron is acting, Scholz is hesitating.” Söder and Dobrindt also supported Demands for the supply of Leopard main battle tanks.
Söders CSU goes into Seeon-Klausur with harsh words: abortion “dam burst” and Lambrecht-Aus
Preliminary report from January 6th: Seeon/Munich – The BundestagCSU is again in seclusion: want in the Seeon monastery in the beautiful Chiemgau Markus Soders People for Berlin after a two-year Corona break, ramming in lasting pillars for the year 2023 – and setting the tone for the months before the elections in Berlin, Bremen, Hesse and Bavaria. A comprehensive decision paper is to be adopted. Party leader Söder himself is also there, alongside the Hessian CDU election campaigner Boris Rhein and the Moldovan head of government Natalia Gavrilita.
Before the start, there were already the first distinctive tones and demands from CSU ranks: Defense expert Florian Hahn called for battle tanks for Ukraine, Dorothee Bär warned of a “dam bursting” with abortion paragraph 218 – and the head of the Bundestag state group Alexander Dobrindt attacked the battered Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD).
Ukraine war in the focus of the Christian Socialists: Dobrindt calls for Lambrecht’s departure
To the outside is also the Ukraine war A big topic for the CSU. Hahn targeted Chancellor Olaf Scholz the evening before the Seeon retreat. He welcomed the die on Twitter though freshly decided infantry fighting vehicle delivery for Kyiv – Scholz described as driven. “If the pressure on Olaf Scholz hadn’t been so immense from all sides, he and the SPD would probably never have moved.” Hahn tried to apply further pressure: “The next step must be to push the delivery of battle tanks like the Leopard 1,” he demanded at the same time.
Dobrindt identified another weakness. “She is simply not up to this office,” he said in the RTL / ntv program “Frühstart” about Defense Minister Lambrecht. From his point of view, the SPD politician is responsible for a series of breakdowns and is obviously overwhelmed. “It is the Chancellor’s job to ensure clarity here” – a very clear demand for replacement, completely in line with Söder and CDU leader Friedrich Merz. Lambrecht is currently experiencing a survey disasterhow kreiszeitung.de reported. The invitation to Gavrilita also fits in with the focus on Ukraine. Moldova fears an attack by Russia.
CSU in Seeon: Bär warns of abortion dam bursting – internally, the Bayern election should be an issue
Domestically, before the start of the exam in Seeon, Bär drew attention with an emphatically conservative position. The reason for this is the call for the abolition of abortion paragraph 218 by Green Minister Lisa Paus. This was “a dam breach in the understanding of human life. A family minister who is against children is like an environment minister who poisons the river,” Baer said on Thursday (January 5). The traffic light coalition endangers a “compromise that has been balanced for decades”. Paus had called for impunity for abortions.
Internally, however, the focus should not least be on the Bavarian election in October. For decades, the absolute majority at home in Bavaria was the pound, with which the CSU also boasted within the Union. That was over in 2018, when the CSU fell to 37.2 percent. And since Daniel Günther got 43.4 percent for the CDU in Schleswig-Holstein and there is a sole SPD government in Saarland, the CSU’s special role is over in other respects as well. In an interview with Munich Mercury Söder recently dampened calls for an absolute majority. (fn with material from dpa)