CDU on foreign affairs and defence

The CDU wants to strengthen and permanently secure the bases of the Bundeswehr and US forces in Rhineland-Palatinate. Military construction would be sped up by exempting the Bundeswehr from special state rules. The party also wants a review of how the Bundeswehr could be deployed domestically in serious emergencies.

The CDU wants to keep the German army bases in the state. The same goes for the US army bases. The army should be able to build faster. The CDU wants a review of how the army can help inside Germany in big emergencies.

The program describes the bases as important for security, the economy and society, along with the civilian staff employed there. For military construction, the Bundeswehr would be exempted from special state-level regulations to shorten planning and building times. The CDU sees the annual Bundeswehr Day as a way to promote domestic security preparedness. It wants a review of which Bundeswehr deployments in serious emergencies are possible under the constitution, and justifies this with protecting the population.

The CDU supports building up a European security and defense union that works closely with NATO. It justifies this with the geopolitical situation: peace needs strength, and security needs coordination.

The CDU wants Europe to work more closely together on defense. This should happen together with NATO. NATO is an alliance of countries for defense. The CDU says peace needs strength.

The program points to the geopolitical situation as the reason for closer cooperation on security policy. The union would be built in close partnership with NATO. In the party's view, the goal is a Europe capable of acting that secures peace and stability.