The Evolution of Modern German Christian Democracy
In: Mirovaja ėkonomika i meždunarodnye otnošenija: MĖMO, Band 68, Heft 7, S. 57-67
ISSN: 2782-4330
The article analyzes some aspects of the policies of the CDU and CSU, gives a forecast regarding their future course, and identifies possible political directions for Moscow in overcoming the estrangement between the Russian Federation and Germany. A noticeable decline in the popularity of the Chancellor O. Scholz's government prompts the German scientific community to raise questions about the ability of the CDU/CSU opposition bloc to give impetus to the country's modernization and protect national interests. The German Christian democracy is going through a period of evolutionary adaptation to a changing world. Its liberal, Christian, conservative and social components include the content of Atlantic attitudes, the European Union values with strengthening of the military vector, and gender philosophy. It seems that the core of voting for the CDU and CSU, among other things, consists of traditional postulates of this political trend. It also manifests itself in the policy towards Russia. Right-wing centrists incite Ukrainian radicals to transfer terrorist actions to the Russian territory, to the use of German long-range missiles by Kyiv against civilian objects in the depths of the Russian Federation. This testifies to the loss of a sense of reality among the CDU/CSU leaders, who, under the burden of historical reflection, dream of Moscow's surrender. Although anti-Russian rhetoric is intensifying in Berlin, signs of distant realism in the CDU and CSU still appear. Even some prime ministers of the CDU in the former East Germany are cautiously for negotiations and the restoration of trade and economic ties with Moscow. The provisions in the new programs of the CDU/CSU regarding the preservation of traditions and experience in dialogue between state and civil society deserve close study. Perhaps it is here that the discussion points of contact intersect, an interface can be found for the exchange of views on the problems of education, science, demography, ecology, and on joint projects.