Overview
- The CSU meets January 6–8 at Kloster Seeon to debate and potentially adopt its 2026 agenda outlined in the leaked draft.
- The draft expands a “Deportation Offensive 2026,” proposing scheduled-flight removals to Afghanistan and Syria and cutting social benefits for those obliged to leave.
- Additional migration steps include tightening EU free-movement rules to curb benefits-driven migration and facilitating returns of Ukrainian refugees of military age.
- On defence, the paper calls for a major Bundeswehr build-up with a strong emphasis on drones, aiming to make the force “a real drone army” and bolster German leadership in European security.
- Energy and domestic plans feature a push for next-generation nuclear power, lowering the juvenile criminal responsibility age to 12, and tax relief on income and inheritances, drawing criticism from SPD figures and some CDU voices as unrealistic or divisive.