Overview

• Fourteen of 41 CDU members in Kühlungsborn resigned in protest against the party's policy direction under Friedrich Merz.
• The resigning members criticized the loosening of Germany's debt brake, calling it the 'DNA of the CDU.'
• Further grievances included the inclusion of climate neutrality by 2045 in the constitution and insufficient reforms in migration and citizen's income policies.
• The resignations represent the largest membership loss for the CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to date.
• Despite the departures, the CDU remains the largest party in the state with approximately 4,300 members.