CDU fights for Trier: Recovery in constituency 2025 in sight!

CDU fights for Trier: Recovery in constituency 2025 in sight!

On February 7, 2025, an exciting race for the direct mandate for the upcoming Bundestag election is emerging in the Trier constituency. The likelihood of an interplay between the SPD and the CDU is becoming increasingly clear because the Christian Democrats are trying to recapture the constituency, which they dominated for decades. In the last Bundestag election in 2021, however, the CDU had to accept a significant defeat when it lost 13.6 percent of the second votes and only achieved 23.7 percent, while the SPD triumphed with 30.3 percent. This reports SWR .

The constituency of Trier includes both the city of Trier and the district of Trier-Saarburg. In the city, the situation in the last elections was even clearer. The majority of the CDU could only convince in two local districts, Kernscheid and Ruwer. In the DVR district, the CDU only had the majority in the Schweich community. The competition by the FDP, the 11.1 percent, and the Greens, which received 15.6 percent of the vote, ensures additional challenges.

candidates and their strategies

The representative of the SPD, Verena Hubertz, who appeared as a surprise candidate in 2021 and won the direct mandate with a 5.3 percent lead, will decide to fight her mandate. Born in Trier in 1987, she has already made a name for herself as an entrepreneur and deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. Dominik Sienkiewicz is on the side of the CDU, a 46-year-old police director who focuses on topics such as internal security and migration policy.

The Greens also send an experienced politician into the race with Corinna Rüffer, who has been in the Bundestag since 2013 and is particularly committed to integration and disability policy. The FDP is represented by Gerd Benzmüller, which leads an electrical company. Marcel Philipps is running for the AfD, while Niels Becker also announced his candidacy from the free voters, who is known for his historical house.

In the race for the direct mandate, a total of ten direct candidates compete. These include Lin Lindner from the left and 19-year-old Loreen Reemann from Volt, who works for animal welfare. Matthias Reimann from the ÖDP focuses on the subject of pesticide controls.

important election information

The election for the 21st German Bundestag will take place on February 23, 2025. The announcement of the approved district election proposals took place on January 28, 2025, and all relevant information can be called up on the website of the city of Trier. The district election committee met on January 24, 2025 and approved all election proposals. A total of 4,506 candidates are applying nationwide, including 1,422 women. This can be seen from the data of the Federal election manager

The political disputes in the constituency of Trier promise to become exciting, not only because of the changeable election results in recent years, but also through the variety of perspectives that represent the candidates.