CDU election campaign: Stricter borders and future of pharmacies in focus!

CDU election campaign: Stricter borders and future of pharmacies in focus!

On January 22, 2025, the deputy CDU parliamentary group leader visited the Bundestag, Jens Spahn, Weimar, to address central issues of the election campaign. On this occasion, he vehemently commented on questions of migration, civil allowance and the future of pharmacies in rural areas. Spahn sees illegal immigration as one of the greatest challenges and demanded that it "bring it" to zero ". In doing so, he emphasized the need for strict rejections at the German borders and the securing of the outside border in the context of the Schengen Agreement to ensure its preservation. He advocated border controls and an expansion of rejections to European borders.

Another critical point of Spahn's speech was family reunification. Over 500,000 people have been admitted to Germany in the past five years, which he sees as intolerable. He called for a return of persons who are subject to the departure and told the current government, which in his opinion is not sufficiently ready to cooperate, in particular not in terms of migration and the reform of the civil allowance. According to Spahn, the CDU plans to abolish citizenship and return to a system of "promoting and demanding". A new approach for basic security should focus on work -capable people and create incentives to take up work.

challenges in the social system

The discussion about the citizens' money is raised by current statistics that show an alarming increase in recipients with a migration background. In Germany, over 5 million people receive citizens' money, and 63.5 percent of these recipients have a migration background. Around 2.54 million of the employable citizens' allowance recipients come from this group. It is particularly striking that 1.88 million of these recipients are foreigners without German citizenship. These developments are largely due to escape migration, especially from Ukrainian refugees who have been able to apply for citizenship since the beginning of the Ukraine war.

The Ukraine War not only increased the figures of the citizens' money recipients, but also those of the employees subject to social security contributions among the Ukrainians. This rose from 130,000 at the beginning of 2023 to 213,000 to October 2024, with 75 percent of the Ukrainian citizen benefit recipients active in simpler activities, including gastronomy and agency work. It turns out that despite the help offers, many receives of citizenship benefit due to lack of language skills and lack of qualifications have difficulty working.

future of pharmacies and economic challenges

Another important topic that Jens Spahn spoke in his speech was the future of pharmacies in rural areas. Here he expressed concern about the economic situation of these facilities and called for better remuneration for additional services to ensure the survival of the pharmacies. The connection between economic growth and the financing of pension and health was also emphasized. The CDU strives to reduce social security contributions below 40 percent and to introduce revised structures in the social system.