Who will be the next CDU chairman?

[Yeahsayyeah]

Middle class would be a very confusing translation. "Mittelstand" basically means "small and medium-sized enterprises/ enterpreneurs.

Maybe "Industry and Commerce Association" would be a good rough translation.


But as we are talking about middle class. Friedrich Merz has stated in an interview, that he, unsurprisingly has millions in his bank account. On the other hand, he still thinks he is part of the "higher middle class", which seems to be a very tone-deaf remark. On the other hand, it is a common phenomenon at least in Germany, that upper class people pretend to be middle class.

[Yeahsayyeah]

One point, that isn't really taken into account in this whole "The CDU should take a pronounced step rightward" discussion is, that they have to govern with SPD and Greens anyway, if they want to avoid the AfD. And I think, they still want to (You don't govern with a party or even ask for tacit support, that you called "openly national socialist" a few months prior, as Merz did. THIS would be political suicide). So they can't actually turn to much to the right and a turn that is merely rhethorical without much substance won't help them or could even backfire (see: Bavarian state election).