Carsten Jahn wrote that the mayors of Sundhagen and Grimmen, Thomas Pauketat and Marco Jahns, had announced their departure from the CDU on Tuesday. Both expressed their dissatisfaction with the work of the federal party. Jahn referred to them as "men with backbone." https://t.co/Cquar6ucM6 #Politik #CDU #Sundhagen (translated)
Steffan Nethe honored the mayors Marco Jahns from Grimmen and Thomas Pauketat from Sundhagen for having left the CDU. He wrote that their statements showed they could no longer identify with the political course of the party and that the CDU was also losing its own members. Nethe cited the ongoing de-industrialization, the worst financial crisis of municipalities since World War II, a loss of control over internal security, and the ignoring of the voters' will as reasons. He also criticized that taxpayer money was being spent abroad, while in his opinion it was needed domestically for municipalities, care, and pensions. Nethe described the dual exit in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as an alarming sign. He wrote that the CDU had lost touch with reality and with its voters. #CDU #Kommunalpolitik #MecklenburgVorpommern (translated)
