Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: CDU approves AfD proposal in district council for the primary time | EUROtoday

In the Vorpommern-Greifswald district council, the CDU accredited a proposal from the AfD that might push forward with a deliberate suspension bridge over the Peenestrom close to Wolgast. This was the primary time {that a} proposal from the AfD parliamentary group obtained a majority there.

Five of eight parliamentary teams within the district council voted for the decision, whereas representatives of the Greens, SPD and Left voted in opposition to it. The decision calls on CDU District Administrator Michael Sack to work for the fast implementation of the infrastructure mission.

CDU parliamentary group chief Jeannette von Busse stated it was concerning the native individuals who needed higher connections between Usedom and the mainland. This is what the NDR experiences. The Peene Bridge is meant to enhance the connection to the island of Usedom. The mission can also be supposed to alleviate stress in town of Wolgast with a bypass street.

According to the NDR report, the Greens, SPD and Left criticized that the choice was merely symbolic politics, because the district administrator had no decision-making authority.

Recently, doubts had been raised concerning the monetary viability of the development mission. As the Federal Ministry of Transport instructed NDR, the calculated whole prices now quantity to over 500 million euros. The sum “significantly” exceeds the deliberate prices – the ministry is now demanding a cost-benefit evaluation from the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Discussion about “firewall”

The social gathering is more and more involved concerning the cooperation between the CDU and AfD. Most lately, the federal CDU mentioned future dealings with the AfD, which is partly categorized as right-wing extremist, throughout a two-day presidential retreat. According to Union Parliamentary Secretary Steffen Bilger (CDU), the CDU Presidium continues to reject cooperation with the AfD.

Some Union politicians had beforehand advocated for the CDU to divulge heart’s contents to the far proper, together with former CDU General Secretary Peter Tauber. Party chief and Chancellor Friedrich Merz emphasised that there can be no cooperation with him on the high of the social gathering.

According to a examine printed in March, there have been greater than 100 circumstances documented in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from 2019 to 2024 through which different events within the native district councils cooperated with the AfD.