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> she was seen as following moral principles having not made any concessions to right wing politics Well, Bavarians might disagree with both "moral principles"

> she was seen as following moral principles having not made any concessions to right wing politics Well, Bavarians might disagree with both "moral principles" and "right wing". Especially CDU is hardly "right wing".

busemann 9y ago
Our Marxist-Leninist party in Germany has recently put up election posters that read "Rechtsruck der Regierung stoppen!" - basically "Stop the government's swing to the right!". I really have no idea what they are talking about, considering our "conservative" government ruling party is now pushing far-left open border policies, unlimited migrant and refugee intake, gay marriage recently passed under their government and they implemented minimum wage laws. The CDU has never moved as far left before as they are right now.
lispm 9y ago
> moral principles Some Bavarian politicians may have other moral principles. But Merkel defended the German constitution which has no limit for asylum seekers and she also followed her christian upbringing. THE whole CDU is clearly not right anymore, but take Erika Steinbach as an example of the (former) right wing. Or the critics from the CSU. There is also a large group of voters right from CDU/CSU - a voter domain which other politicians from CDU/CSU also claim(ed) for themselves. Politicians from the CDU moved to the AFD ... a prominent example is Alexander Gauland, who was 40 years member of the CDU.
MagnumOpus 9y ago
The CDU is extremely fiscally conservative (see Schaeuble's black zero project) and very socially conservative (anti-gay-marriage, anti-drug-legalisation, pro-surveillance compared to the average view of the population). It is rather right wing in a global context. If you don't think they are right wing, you might want to recalibrate your views of what you think of "centrist".
- gozur88 9y ago
  In the US the CDU would be center left.
  - zmix 9y ago
    No, it wouldn't. :)

busemann 9y ago

Our Marxist-Leninist party in Germany has recently put up election posters that read "Rechtsruck der Regierung stoppen!" - basically "Stop the government's swing to the right!". I really have no idea what they are talking about, considering our "conservative" government ruling party is now pushing far-left open border policies, unlimited migrant and refugee intake, gay marriage recently passed under their government and they implemented minimum wage laws. The CDU has never moved as far left before as they are right now.

lispm 9y ago

> moral principles Some Bavarian politicians may have other moral principles. But Merkel defended the German constitution which has no limit for asylum seekers and she also followed her christian upbringing. THE whole CDU is clearly not right anymore, but take Erika Steinbach as an example of the (former) right wing. Or the critics from the CSU. There is also a large group of voters right from CDU/CSU - a voter domain which other politicians from CDU/CSU also claim(ed) for themselves. Politicians from the CDU moved to the AFD ... a prominent example is Alexander Gauland, who was 40 years member of the CDU.

MagnumOpus 9y ago

The CDU is extremely fiscally conservative (see Schaeuble's black zero project) and very socially conservative (anti-gay-marriage, anti-drug-legalisation, pro-surveillance compared to the average view of the population). It is rather right wing in a global context. If you don't think they are right wing, you might want to recalibrate your views of what you think of "centrist".

gozur88 9y ago
In the US the CDU would be center left.
- zmix 9y ago
  No, it wouldn't. :)