The chairman of the CSU’s federal group in the Bundestag, Alexander Dobrindt, sees the government crisis in Austria as a “warning signal” for Germany. There, one can see what happens when parties of the center, particularly the Greens, refuse a policy change, he told the news service “Welt”.
“In addition, one can see that in the past the Greens have been significantly involved in the government and have prevented the development of alternative solutions in migration issues, so that the migration question is put back on its feet again” Dobrindt said. All this leads to radical parties increasing in power.
“If the polarization in the country advances, then the radical parties will simply continue to grow, and that is exactly what needs to be prevented in Germany.” If the policy change does not succeed in Germany, the radical forces will also become stronger here. “And that’s why: Austria is simply a warning signal.”
It remains the same in Germany: “You can’t organize a policy change with the Greens, so they are not a coalition partner” Dobrindt added. He does not consider the possibility of the conservatives helping the right-wing populists to power in Germany, unlike in Austria. A cooperation between CDU/CSU and AfD will not happen:
“There is no cooperation with the AfD, not before the election, not after the election. We have no commonalities with the AfD. The AfD is against Europe, wants out of the European Union, out of the Euro, out of NATO, and turns to Putin, to Putin’s Eurasian Union. What do we have in common?”
In Germany, nothing will get better if one turns to Putin and moves away from the European Union. “We stand by Europe, and that is the decisive difference between us and a policy that the AfD represents.”
The chairman of the Left Party, Jan van Aken, sees the possible chancellorship of the FPÖ chief Herbert Kickl as a “concerning signal”. Van Aken told the “Rheinische Post” (Tuesday edition): “If it comes down to it, the conservatives will rather put the right-wing extremists in power than allow even a hint of social policy to be implemented.”
He added: “With the FPÖ chief, a thorough anti-Semite would come to the power levers. Alone from the historical lesson, a Chancellor Kickl would be a concerning signal. Those who want to protect democracy must defend social policy.