CDU on Europe

From the program “The Thuringia Plan – The Government Program: How We Will Put Thuringia Back in Order”

2024 Thuringia state election, September 1, 2024Original PDF, 83 pagesAnalyzed on October 3, 2026

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Europebalanced (0), from 2 points
Points per step: 0 clearly more EU, 1 leaning more EU, 0 balanced, 1 leaning less EU, 0 clearly less EU
Migrationleaning open (-1), from 1 point
Points per step: 0 clearly open, 1 leaning open, 0 balanced, 0 leaning restrictive, 0 clearly restrictive

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Recruit skilled workers from the EU, expand exchanges

The CDU wants to attract well-trained EU citizens to Thuringia's labor market and reduce barriers to worker mobility. Exchange programs for apprentices, university students and school students are to grow.

The CDU wants skilled workers from other EU countries to come to Thuringia. Working in another EU country should become easier. More young people should do part of their training abroad. There should be more money for this.

Rules on posting workers abroad, such as the A1 certificate, are to be simplified. More apprentices are to take part in exchange programs; advice and funding in Germany are to be expanded and brought under one national umbrella. Member states are to further simplify the recognition of vocational qualifications. The Erasmus+ program is to be expanded and given more money.

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„Wir werden qualifizierte junge Europäer gezielt anwerben, um den Fachkräftemangel in Thüringen zu bekämpfen.“

Translation: We will specifically recruit qualified young Europeans to combat the shortage of skilled workers in Thuringia.

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Europeleaning more EU
More money for Erasmus+ and easier worker mobility gradually expand common European programs and the single market.
Migrationleaning open
Actively recruiting skilled workers from EU countries and lowering barriers gradually makes labor migration easier.

Prevent a European debt and liability union

The CDU rejects any German liability for the debts of other EU states. Each member state is to be responsible for its own debt, and EU money is not to flow into national social programs.

The CDU wants no shared debt in the EU. Each country should pay its own debts. Germany should not be liable for other countries. EU money should not go into the social programs of single countries.

The platform names sound finances as the basis of a stable EU. At the same time, the CDU backs the EU as a guarantor of peace and prosperity and wants more Europe where it adds concrete value, such as in security and the single market. Powers of the EU and the member states are to be clearly ordered according to subsidiarity and proportionality.

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„Allen Formen einer Haftung Deutschlands für Schulden anderer Staaten erteilen wir eine klare Absage.“

Translation: We firmly reject all forms of German liability for the debts of other states.

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Placement

Europeleaning less EU
Rejecting joint liability and EU money for national social programs defends national fiscal responsibility against a debated deepening of EU finances.

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