Election Campaign
Sebastian Czaja leaves FDP and backs Wegner
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Berlin's deputy FDP state leader, Sebastian Czaja, is leaving his party and intends to support a bourgeois alliance backing Governing Mayor Kai Wegner of the CDU in the upcoming election campaign. He cites concerns over a potential Left Party victory. The Berlin House of Representatives election is scheduled for September 20.
The Avante party announced on Sunday (April 5) that writer Augusto Cury, 67, is its pre-candidate for the 2026 presidential election. Cury, author of self-help books sold in 70 countries, recently joined the party and criticized the current political polarization. The announcement was made on social media.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) called at a CDU campaign event in Ravensburg for pension amounts to be tied to working years rather than fixed retirement age, building on earlier proposals like economist Jens Südekum's. He noted SPD support, urged private savings, and pushed for social reforms ahead of the Baden-Württemberg election.