Bavarian premier and CSU chairman Markus Söder, in a summer interview for ARD, rejected the idea that copying the AfD would be the solution to its growing support. According to him, the AfD cannot simply be "conjured away," and its strength is linked above all to unresolved questions of migration, the image of cities, and the number of deportations. Spiegel.de ↗
Söder spoke out in favor of consistently deporting people without a residence permit. He emphasized that anyone who has no right to remain in the country must leave it. At the same time, he backed Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the CDU and expressed his conviction that Merz's chancellorship is not under threat. He described Merz as a stable and strong politician, even though the coalition is facing weaker poll numbers. Welt ↗
Another topic of the interview was pension reform. Söder warned against reopening the agreed package and recalled that the Union and the SPD had promised to adopt the pension commission's recommendations in full. This was also a response to a proposal by several East German CDU state premiers, who wanted to preserve a pension without cuts after 45 years of paying contributions. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Söder also commented on fuel prices. He doubts that a rule allowing filling stations to raise prices only once a day would bring noticeable relief. Instead of reinstating a fuel discount, he floated the idea of lowering the price on carbon dioxide emissions. Debates over migration, pensions, and fuel prices thus remain part of the political pressure on the governing coalition. n-tv ↗
Söder links AfD's strength to migration and defends pension plan
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Friedrich Merz: CSU-Chef Markus Söder lobt Kanzler als »sehr, sehr stabil und stark«
Spiegel.de
| 20:38 02.08.
„Ich bin fest überzeugt, dass er Kanzler bleibt“ – Söder stellt sich hinter Merz
Welt
| 19:02 02.08.
Und dann erkennt Söder, dass sich die AfD „nicht einfach wegzaubern“ lässt
Welt
| 00:51 03.08.
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