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Baden-Württemberg: Is Hagel's CDU Making a Strategic Misstep?

July 11, 2026Степан Корнилов1 мин

Cem Özdemir has openly expressed sympathy for conservative viewpoints, while Manuel Hagel, during his election campaign, positioned himself as a leading candidate of the civic middle. Given these apparent alignments, a critical question arises: why is Hagel so strongly resisting the formation of a Green-CDU (often referred to as Grün-Schwarz) coalition?