Overview
- The CSU’s Klaus Holetschek and the CDU’s Christian Hartmann and Guido Heuer unveiled a joint paper at the CSU parliamentary retreat in Bad Staffelstein’s Kloster Banz.
- The paper rules out coalitions, parliamentary cooperation or backing AfD initiatives, citing the party’s systematic disparagement of institutions and democratic procedures.
- The leaders state they will not support motions or other initiatives from parties they classify as extremist.
- Hartmann says drawing a line to the AfD does not mean excluding people and calls for open debate to avoid feeding a martyr narrative.
- Heuer also rejects forming a coalition with the political left, while Holetschek warns that democracy faces pressure from both right and left.