Abstract
Should the CDU/CSU open up itself politically to the Left and the AfD? This question has recently been asked more frequently, especially in the east of the Federal Republic of Ger- many, although the CDU/CSU, as well as the common Bundestag parliamentary group, have unequivocal positions on this . On the basis of data collected after the 2021 federal election, this article examines how different forms of oppositional cooperation between the Christian Democrats and the Left or the AfD are perceived by the population and among those who consider voting for the CDU/CSU as a viable option . The analysis shows a very strong rejection by the population and also by potential CDU/CSU voters of any form of cooperation with the AfD—from approval of AfD motions to opening up for coalitions . Less clear in their rejection are the attitudes towards forms of cooperation with the Left, although here, too, a tendency towards rejection can be observed . For an opening towards the AfD and a rejection of the same towards the Left, it is above all the individual self-positioning as very conservative that shows a very strong effect on such an attitude . In the former case in particular, however, these conservatives are a marginalized minority—even in the potential electorate of CDU and CSU .
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