CDU wants "stop sign" for traffic lights in repeat election

Bundestag - CDU wants "stop sign" for traffic lights in repeat election

The CDU wants to turn the partial rerun of the Bundestag elections in Berlin into a vote on the course of the coalition between the SPD, Greens and FDP. "We want to show the traffic light government a stop sign that this cannot continue," said CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann in Berlin on Tuesday. Germany cannot continue to be governed in this way for two years. "Berliners now have the chance to make this clear."

Ottilie Klein, General Secretary of the capital's CDU, said: "We want to herald the beginning of the end of this federal government in Berlin." The repeat election on 11 February is an opportunity for people to evaluate the policies of the "notoriously divided" federal government. There will be a short and crisp election campaign. The CDU has already presented election posters with the slogan: "Berlin, your chance. Show the traffic light the stop sign."

Following a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday, the 2021 Bundestag election in Berlin will have to be repeated due to numerous glitches in a good fifth of the 2,256 constituencies. Linnemann said that the then red-red-green Senate had failed in the organization. "Elections have to work, otherwise democracy doesn't work."

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1. The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany ruled that a repeat election is necessary for the Bundestag in Berlin due to organizational failures during the 2021 election, as stated by CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann.
2. Linnemann argued that the responsible authorities, including Carsten Linnemann himself, failed to ensure that elections functioned properly, thereby undermining the foundation of democracy.
3. The CDU is employing a straightforward campaign strategy for the repeat election on February 11, aiming to convey a clear message to the incumbent coalition government, symbolized by a stop sign.
4. The failed management of the initial election by the SPD, Greens, and FDP coalition government in Berlin has led to the CDU seeking to capitalize on this opportunity to express public dissatisfaction.
5. Germany's SPD, Greens, and FDP are the ruling coalition at the federal level, while the Federal Government exists to implement policy based on the collective decisions of parliament, notably the Bundestag.
6. Following a controversial ruling by the judiciary, the opposition CDU and other parties are leveraging the repeat election as a platform to challenge the current government, putting the country's political landscape in a volatile state.
7. In the aftermath of the controversial federal election in 2021, the constitutional court in Germany ordered a partial repetition, paving the way for the controversial CDU to present its interpretation of the people's will in the upcoming elections.
8. Although the partial repetition of the Berlin elections might appear as just an isolated incident, the verdict has wider implications for Germany's political situation, potentially disrupting the delicate balance of power and the rapport between different political parties, including the CDU, SPD, and FDP.

Source: www.stern.de