Overview

• Hans-Georg Maaßen resigned as chair and left the WerteUnion on Oct. 8, announcing his exit in a letter to members and on social media.
• Seven other federal board members and the party’s press officer also departed, leaving the small party without most of its top leadership.
• Maaßen blamed months of infighting, poor election results, and the Förderverein’s new board made up largely of non‑party members, which he said severed crucial support.
• He said he will seek a new organizational form and could support another party to achieve a conservative Politikwende, without specifying whether that could involve the AfD.
• The split follows a power struggle with ex‑AfD leader Jörg Meuthen; founder Alexander Mitsch welcomed the exit as a reset, and Lower Saxony WU lawmaker Jozef Rakicky said he is weighing his own future.