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Berlin CDU Re-Elects Wegner, Draws Red Lines Ahead of 2026 Vote

The move signals a centrist course defined by a refusal to govern with AfD or The Left.

Zum 35. Jahrestag der Wiedervereinigung soll die Hofjägerallee in Berlin an Helmut Kohl erinnern
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Overview

  • Delegates re-elected Kai Wegner as state chair with 89.8% support (258 yes, 26 no, 3 abstentions) at the Schöneberg party congress.
  • Kai Wegner categorically ruled out governing with AfD, which he accused of hate and Putin ties, and also barred cooperation with The Left over expropriation demands and alleged radicalization.
  • Wegner announced a proposal to rename part of Hofjägerallee in Mitte as Helmut-Kohl-Straße, with a Senate submission planned for late September.
  • The CDU kept its lead-candidate decision for the 2026 election open, with party officials saying the nomination timeline has not been set publicly.
  • A motion from the CDU Neukölln chapter seeks domestic-intelligence monitoring of the local Left party branch, and the party’s motions panel backed the request.