Friedrich Merz also spoke as a guest at the CSU party conference. The CDU leader was worried about the US election. It doesn’t matter whether Trump or Harris wins in the end.
Augsburg – The eyes of the world are on the 2024 US election, which will take place on November 5th. The effects are expected globally – Germany is also looking excitedly towards Washington. Current polls show a neck-and-neck race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. But the result appears to be irrelevant for the Union, as became clear at the CSU party conference in Augsburg. Regardless of the outcome of the US elections, conservatives see dark times ahead for Germany.
Friedrich Merz, the Union’s official candidate for chancellor since mid-September, gave a passionate keynote speech at the end of the party conference on Saturday. He emphasized the strong unity between the sister parties CDU and CSU, which is also reflected in the good cooperation with Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder. Söder, who gave Merz priority as candidate for chancellor, had already given a speech the day before in which he called for a change in migration policy.
“It will be quite unfriendly”: Merz fears a bleak future after the outcome of the US election
On Saturday, Merz followed up with his speech – and also directed his attention away from Europe and to the other side of the Atlantic towards the USA. On stage in Augsburg he expressed his concerns about the outcome of the US election. Changes would come to Germany for better or worse, regardless of whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris ultimately won the election. He emphasized that a new US administration would focus “much more on the Pacific-Asian region” rather than the transatlantic region. Merz referred to Joe Biden as the “last transatlantic president for a long time” and warned of the consequences.
“If Donald Trump “When it comes, it’s going to be pretty unfriendly,” said the CDU leader, underlining his greatest concern with regard to the upcoming US elections. Trump had already caused unrest by announcing punitive tariffs for German car manufacturers. But even if Kamala Harris If he won the election, things would just get “a little friendlier” for Germany.
Regardless of whether Trump or Harris wins: Merz sees the 2024 US election as having a major impact on Germany
Regardless of whether Trump or Harris wins, Merz emphasized that the result will be the same: “They will tell us Europeans: Take a little more care of yourself, take a little more responsibility for yourself, look that you get along and, above all, take more responsibility for your own safety into your own hands.”
In the meantime, the CDU’s election program for the 2025 federal election is taking more and more shape. It recently became known that Merz, as Chancellor, is aiming to reform a tax. The CDU top candidate also has new plans for citizens’ money. (han)
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