Despite its defeat to the AfD in the European and local elections, the Saxon CDU wants to become "clearly the strongest force" in the state on September 1. "We want to continue to lead the state in the coming years with Michael Kretschmer at the helm," said Secretary General Alexander Dierks in Dresden on Tuesday. "We are fighting for this, and this signal will also come from the state party conference on Saturday in Löbau." The party is convinced that it has the best offer. September 1st will be about very specific issues for Saxony, not about Brussels and Berlin. He did not comment on possible alliance partners. There would be no coalition campaign.
At the party conference with 200 delegates, the Union wants to decide on its government program for the coming legislative period. It is entitled "Because it's about Saxony" and sets out the CDU's positions on 74 pages. Dierks said that the CDU wants to continue to cultivate a political style in which people are involved in the brainstorming process and not make policy from the "top down". There should be no competition to see who can promise the most.
