Paint attack and egg throwing: CDU office in the Wartburg district target of violence!

Paint attack and egg throwing: CDU office in the Wartburg district target of violence!

In Bad Salzungen, the attacks on the CDU office have now reached a worrying level. How insuedthueringen.de Reportedly, there have recently been a number of incidents in which eggs were thrown at windows. These protests were specifically directed against the posters of Bundestag member Christian Hirte and state parliament member Martin Henkel. An incident last weekend was particularly alarming, when the CDU logo was painted over with a swastika. The CDU sees this as a clear indication of left-wing extremist patterns of action and suspects a political motivation behind these acts.

The office is not only a place for political activity, but also a contact point for voters. Martin Henkel, who works there and currently leads the parliamentary group in the Wartburg district council, was recently re-elected parliamentary group leader at a meeting eisenachonline.de reported. There are now three deputies at his side: Dr. Michael Brodführer, Manuela Henkel and Christoph Ihling, with Thomas Hugk acting as treasurer.

Political landscape in the Wartburg district

With 17 members, the CDU is the largest parliamentary group in the new district council of the Wartburg district, the composition of which was determined after the local elections in June 2023. A total of eight different political parties and groups are represented in this committee. In the constituent meeting, the election of Ulrike Jary from Wutha-Farnroda as chairwoman of the district council was also proposed. An important goal of the group is constructive cooperation in order to achieve sustainable majorities.

• Sicherung der Finanzkraft des Wartburgkreises
• Erhalt und Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen durch Wirtschaftsförderung
• Erhalt der Schul- und Berufsschulstandorte
• Förderung von Kinder- und Familienfreundlichkeit
• Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf

The political turbulence and the continued attacks on the CDU office in particular are casting a shadow over the planned projects. In a broader context, it can be seen that the CDU occasionally maintains contacts with the AfD at the local level in some East German municipalities, despite the official rejection of cooperation at the federal and state levels. This will be approximately in kommunalwiki.boell.de addressed, where concrete examples are documented.

So while people in the Wartburg district are working on a common voice, the hope remains that such political attacks will not take the wind out of their sails and that the set goals such as creating jobs and promoting family friendliness can be pursued.