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CDU General Secretary Paul Ziemiak has justified the poor performance of his party with the mask affair.
"Today is not a good election night for the CDU," admitted Ziemiak.
The "really indecent behavior and the shamelessness of individual MPs" also ensured that the election campaigners were blown a tight wind in the face, said Ziemiak.
"That put a lot of strain on the election campaign."
Anyone who enriches themselves personally in the crisis has no place in the CDU.
"A zero-tolerance policy applies here." In addition, resentment, incomprehension and impatience about the Corona crisis management are growing in the population.
That is why all those responsible have to ask themselves where one can become better, more pragmatic and faster.
He appealed to the other parties: "It's not about pointing the finger at others, but working every day to get better."
There was also no mood of change in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg.
During the crisis, people trusted the rulers and the heads of government.
In Baden-Württemberg in particular, it was "a very personal victory for Winfried Kretschmann," said Ziemiak.
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Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has also attributed the CDU losses in the state elections to the mask business of members of the Bundestag of the Union.
Even if the parliamentary group tried to clear the table, "something always sticks," said the CDU politician on ZDF.
That people are upset about what can be seen in the election results "is more than understandable," said Kretschmer.
The CDU top candidate in Rhineland-Palatinate, Christian Baldauf, also gave the mask affair and the corona crisis responsibility for the election result.
"It's a bitter evening for us, we wanted a better result," said Baldauf in Mainz.
He announced that the CDU now wanted to form “a strong opposition”.
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