Overview
- The new intra‑party platform debuted with roughly 30 initial signatories, including Ruprecht Polenz, Roderich Kiesewetter and CDU board member Monica Wüllner, largely from municipal ranks and the party’s social wing.
- Its declaration demands a strict no‑collaboration rule with the AfD at every level of government and says the CDU should not table motions that can only pass with AfD votes.
- Compass Mitte urges the federal government, Bundestag or Bundesrat to ask the Constitutional Court to review the AfD’s constitutionality and consider a ban.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz has voiced skepticism about pursuing an AfD ban, citing high legal hurdles, and the CDU headquarters declined to comment on the initiative.
- Arguing the party’s spectrum has narrowed under Merz, the group seeks a visible centrist shift to lift support from 28.6% toward about 40% as it builds backing ahead of 2026 state elections.