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CDU General Secretary

Paul Ziemiak

has justified the poor performance of his party in the state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate 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 had a tight wind blown 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

(CDU) justified the election results with the "unspeakable" mask affair.

Even if the parliamentary group tried to clear the table, "something always sticks," he said on ZDF.

That people are upset about what can be seen in the election results “is more than understandable”.

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”.

Schäuble sees no signal for the federal election

In

contrast,

Bundestag President

Wolfgang Schäuble

sees no signal in the results for the Bundestag election in autumn.

"That was a choice of personalities," said the CDU politician on ARD.

The personalities of the two heads of government would have tipped the balance “by a long way”.

"It's not a nice evening for the CDU," admitted Schäuble.

“But that was predictable.” The task now is to ensure stability in both federal states.

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CDU presidium member

Norbert Röttgen

has called for a self-critical analysis of the election results in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate.

It was "sad results for the CDU in the former home countries of the CDU," said Röttgen.

When asked about a possible federal government without the Union after the elections in September, he replied that this was conceivable.

"Everyone has to know that, especially the CDU."

Baden-Württemberg's CDU top candidate

Susanne Eisenmann

, according to the first projections, has meanwhile assumed responsibility for the foreseeable poor performance of her party in the state elections.

"Of course I'll take the responsibility, that's a matter of course for me," she told the Phoenix news channel.

It was a "disappointing and disastrous election result," said the Minister of Education.

The people in Baden-Württemberg would have wanted Winfried Kretschmann.

Greens see a "great start" in the super election year

The picture is different for the Social Democrats and the Greens: According to initial forecasts, the Greens and their top candidate Winfried Kretschmann have won the state elections in Baden-Württemberg by a large margin.

“It's a great start to the election year,” said party leader

Robert Habeck in

the evening in Berlin.

“Far-sightedness and pragmatism, that is the mandate to the Greens as the entire federal party from this election evening.” The party will hopefully be able to “pick up the tailwind from the two countries with full sails”.

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Party leader

Annalena Baerbock

also emphasized this

.

She called the results of the state elections a "great task for more climate protection" and spoke of the need to create a new foundation for strong social cohesion.

"And not only in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, but also in the federal government from autumn."

In Rhineland-Palatinate, incumbent Malu Dreyer (SPD) was also confirmed in office.

Leading politicians from both parties see this as a positive sign for the upcoming federal election in September.

For example, Federal Labor

Minister Hubertus Heil

(SPD) wrote on Twitter: "There are majorities beyond the conservatives - and we will fight for them on September 26th."

SPD general secretary

Lars Klingbeil

was also enthusiastic about the good performance of his party in the state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate: "I'm really happy that Malu Dreyer has won," he said on ZDF.

The election results show that the SPD “wins the trust of the people” when it governs.

Klingbeil admitted that he was “not satisfied” with the election result in Baden-Württemberg.

Now the question arises whether the SPD will make it into the government in Stuttgart.

"We are ready, we want to advance Baden-Württemberg."

FDP is happy about the best result since 1968

The parliamentary executive of the FDP parliamentary group,

Marco Buschmann,

regards the results of the state elections as a double success for his party.

For example, the FDP “probably got the best result since 1968” for the state parliament in Stuttgart, wrote Buschmann on Sunday on Twitter.

He also congratulated the FDP leaders in Mainz.

"For the first time in history, not only does a traffic light stop, but the FDP is even stepping up," said Buschmann.

The high percentage of postal voters also shows that the weak results for the CDU are not solely due to the mask affair.

"They are a rejection of poor government management in vaccination, testing and bridging aids," wrote Buschmann.

Left Party missed entry into both state parliaments

The Left Party was disappointed with the preliminary election results.

"We missed our goal of moving into both state parliaments," said Left Co-Chair

Janine Wissler.

“We would have wished for a lot more.” Despite the polls, the party had hoped to do significantly better.

The chairman of the AfD parliamentary group,

Alice Weidel, was

satisfied with the result of her party in Baden-Württemberg despite the losses in both countries.

The AfD had to lead an election campaign under the most adverse conditions and still had a "good result," said Weidel in the ARD.

The AfD was also "illegally hounded on the protection of the Constitution".