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GDR civil rights activist Lengsfeld has left the CDU

Vera Lengsfeld no longer wants to be a member of political parties. "I also think the party system is outdated," says the former GDR civil rights activist.

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Civil rights activist Vera Lengsfeld is no longer a member of the CDU. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
Civil rights activist Vera Lengsfeld is no longer a member of the CDU. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Parties - GDR civil rights activist Lengsfeld has left the CDU

After many years, former GDR civil rights activist Vera Lengsfeld is no longer a member of the CDU. She declared her resignation from the party on Thursday, the 71-year-old said on request. She ruled out membership of another party. "I also think the party system is outdated," said Lengsfeld. The "Thüringer Allgemeine" had previously reported on the resignation.

Lengsfeld once sat in the Bundestag, initially for the Greens and later for the CDU. Most recently, she has mainly appeared as a critic of Germany's immigration policy.

"I have been very critical of the CDU since Merkel's time and had hoped that the course would be corrected, but I don't see that happening," said Lengsfeld, explaining her decision to leave. She will support her son's campaign for an independent list with the working title "Alliance for Europe", but will not stand in next year's EU parliamentary elections herself. She also stated on her website that she supports an alliance of various small parties in Thuringia that would like to stand in the 2024 state elections with its own list.

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  1. Lengsfeld's resignation from the CDU has sparked discussions in Thuringia, her home state in Germany.
  2. Vera Lengsfeld, a renowned civil rights activist from Thuringia, criticized the CDU's immigration policy extensively during her tenure.
  3. In the upcoming 2024 state elections in Thuringia, Lengsfeld supports an alliance of small parties aiming to challenge the major parties with their own list.
  4. Although she ruled out joining another party, Lengsfeld will contribute to her son's campaign for an independent list called "Alliance for Europe" in the EU parliamentary elections.
  5. In the past, Lengsfeld represented both the Greens and the CDU in the Bundestag, but her political journey began as a civil rights activist in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) in the city of Erfurt.

Source: www.stern.de

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