Anne Will interviews CDU MEP Dennis Rappke about the party’s historic electoral defeats in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, and Saxony-Anhalt. They analyze why Friedrich Merz remains in office despite damaging polls, debating whether his reform agenda addresses the public’s economic anxieties or alienates voters. Rappke criticizes the CDU’s failure to connect emotionally with citizens and argues that the party must counter the AfD’s populist narrative by defending its inclusive, Christian-social values against rising right-wing extremism.
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