Prominent Father - Daughter of Wolfgang Bosbach will enter the Bundestag
Daughter of long-standing CDU federal politician Wolfgang Bosbach, Caroline Bosbach (34), will run for the Bundestag. She wants to become the Direct candidate of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia, as stated on her website. Several media reported on this.
The constituency near Cologne is a CDU stronghold. Her father (72) was a member of the Bundestag from 1994 to 2017, always through the direct mandate of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis - with 58.5 percent of the first votes in his last election in 2013. Since then, the current CDU district association chairman Hermann-Josef Tebroke has represented Bergisch Land in the Bundestag, but he has recently announced his resignation from another candidacy. The vacant seat as a representative is now being sought by Caroline Bosbach.
She studied economic communication and then worked for a discount food retailer. Since 2021, she has been an author ("Black on Green: What the silent majority is doing. For a new politics of the center") and since 2023 has been active at the energy company Stromkontor Rostock GmbH. In the CDU, she is the deputy chairman of the Herkenrath Ortsverband, a district of Bergisch Gladbach, and she is the Federal Chairman of the Young Economic Council of the CDU.
Conservative Profile
In her publicly released application letter for the candidacy as Direct candidate, she speaks out for a "controlled and consistent immigration policy". Many municipalities are overburdened with the integration issue. Furthermore, it says: "We need effective, location-dependent border controls again, because we must know who can come into our country - and who cannot."
Additionally, a better economic policy is called for to strengthen prosperity and social peace. Bureaucracy reduction is necessary. She is running "for a strong economy, a safe country, and a good future".
A brief detour into show business
The 34-year-old was seen on RTL TV in 2022 in the show "Let's Dance" alongside a professional dancer. She did not get far in the competition. After her brief stint on the TV dance floor, she now wants to take a chance on the political stage in the federal capital. However, this depends on whether the CDU Rhein-Berg supports her and sends her as their Direct candidate for the constituency into the race.
- Caroline Bosbach, a resident of Bergisch Gladbach in the Rhineland-Bergisches District, is from a political dynasty in Bergish Land, as her father, Wolfgang Bosbach, served as a CDU member in the Federal Parliament from Bergisch Land for over two decades.
- Caroline Bosbach's interest in politics has led her to serve in various roles within the CDU, including being the deputy chairman of the Herkenrath Ortsverband in Bergisch Gladbach and the Federal Chairman of the Young Economic Council of the CDU.
- The vacancy in the CDU stronghold near Cologne, once held by her father, has inspired Caroline Bosbach to seek the direct candidacy for the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia in the upcoming Federal Parliament elections.
- As a proponent of a controlled immigration policy, Caroline Bosbach has highlighted the challenges faced by many municipalities in addressing the integration issue, advocating for effective, location-dependent border controls and more prosperity through a better economic policy.
- While gaining some attention in show business by competing on "Let's Dance" on RTL TV in 2022, Caroline Bosbach is shifting her focus to exploring the political stage in Berlin and seeking nomination as the CDU Rhein-Berg's Direct candidate in the constituency for the upcoming Federal Parliament elections.
- With the CDU Rhein-Berg's approval, Caroline Bosbach hopes to represent the people of Bergish Land in the Federal Parliament, following in her father's footsteps in the tradition of long-standing CDU politicians in the Rhineland-Bergisches District.
