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From Merkel to Kramp‐Karrenbauer: Can German Christian Democracy Reinvent Itself?
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Abstract Germany's Christian Democrats have started preparing for the time after Angela Merkel. After ten years as German chancellor facing a weak opposition, Merkel unexpectedly split the country in late 2015 and early 2016 because of her 'open border' policies that allowed more than 1 million refugees and ... mehr
Germany's Christian Democrats have started preparing for the time after Angela Merkel. After ten years as German chancellor facing a weak opposition, Merkel unexpectedly split the country in late 2015 and early 2016 because of her 'open border' policies that allowed more than 1 million refugees and migrants to rapidly enter Germany. Her management of the subsequent crisis was largely considered a failure and her party suffered a series of dramatic election defeats. Reacting to the negative electoral feedback, and in particular the breakthrough of the rightist and anti‐immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), the Christian Democratic Union organised an intra‐party contest to replace Merkel as party leader. Three candidates with different political profiles, Annegret Kramp‐Karrenbauer, Friedrich Merz and Jens Spahn, contested the election. By voting for Kramp‐Karrenbauer, the CDU membership voiced support for maintaining a large‐scale political coalition based on efforts to find compromises between different party wings and social and cultural interests.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
CDU; christdemokratische Partei; Merkel, A.; Bundeskanzler; Bundestagswahl; Wahlergebnis; Parteipolitik; Koalition; Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Kramp-Karrenbauer, Annegret; Merz, Friedrich; Spahn, Jens
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 286-296
Zeitschriftentitel
The Political Quarterly, 90 (2019) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12680
ISSN
1467-923X
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)