DThe conservative union of values has cleared the way for the founding of a party planned by its leader Hans-Georg Maaßen. According to their spokesman, a majority of the members of the association, which previously said it was close to the CDU, voted on Saturday in Erfurt to transfer the naming rights to the Values Union to the planned party. Maaßen was given the mandate “to initiate the founding of a conservative-liberal party under this name,” explained the Union of Values.
A Maaßen party would be the second prominent new foundation in 2024. At the beginning of the year, the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance of the former left-wing politician had already been founded as a party.
The plans to found a new party go back to Maaßen. According to its own information, the Union of Values has 4,000 members.
CDU leader Friedrich Merz has already announced that the CDU wants to burn bridges to the union of values. He pointed out that simultaneous membership in the CDU, which was previously very common there, would then no longer be possible under the current rules. If the party is not founded, he will apply for a resolution of incompatibility with the union of values, Merz said about a week ago. In this case, CDU members could no longer be members of the Union of Values.
The right-wing conservative values union was founded in 2017. It saw itself as a gathering place for CDU and CSU members who found the course of then CDU leader Angela Merkel not conservative enough. According to research by the Correctiv network, two members of the Union of Values were present at the meeting with right-wing extremists in Potsdam in November, where plans for the mass expulsion of people with a migrant background and their supporters were discussed.
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