He potentially would have the votes to pass a new law concerning immigration.
CDU, AFD, FDP, BSW and the former AFD Members would have a majority which would allow for some defections.
In german but the key paragraph is the one **CDU-Brandmauer gegen die AfD**
CDU voters were polled on a coalition and oppose it 3:1,
“The CDU’s decision to fundamentally reject any political cooperation with the AfD is seen as correct by almost two thirds (65 percent) of those surveyed, while 32 percent do not think the so-called firewall is right. This demarcation from the AfD is also supported by a clear majority of CDU/CSU supporters (73 percent).”
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He potentially would have the votes to pass a new law concerning immigration.
CDU, AFD, FDP, BSW and the former AFD Members would have a majority which would allow for some defections.
The answer: No.
Per this poll: [https://www.forschungsgruppe.de/Aktuelles/Politbarometer/](https://www.forschungsgruppe.de/Aktuelles/Politbarometer/)
In german but the key paragraph is the one **CDU-Brandmauer gegen die AfD**
CDU voters were polled on a coalition and oppose it 3:1,
“The CDU’s decision to fundamentally reject any political cooperation with the AfD is seen as correct by almost two thirds (65 percent) of those surveyed, while 32 percent do not think the so-called firewall is right. This demarcation from the AfD is also supported by a clear majority of CDU/CSU supporters (73 percent).”
He’d lose his leadership if he tried.