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Job Losses Under Another CDU Government: CDU Minister-President Sven Schulze Promises Only the Status Quo – and Thus Reveals the Loss of JobsSven Schulze wants to “preserve jobs wherever possible.” Not create them, not expand them, not go on the offensive. The CDU’s leading candidate is thus unintentionally delivering the most honest forecast of his own ability to govern: Under him, Saxony-Anhalt will stagnate at best – and realistically continue to shrink. And while he wishes Merz “success,” it remains unclear what that success is actually supposed to mean. Welcome to an election campaign of modest resignation.  “Preserve wherever possible” – that sounds like surrender, not a new beginningIn an interview with t-online, Minister-President Sven Schulze reveals his “five promises”. Point three: “Thirdly, I want to preserve jobs in Saxony-Anhalt wherever possible.” Read that slowly. Not “create new ones.” Not “increase the number.” Not “turn the region into a magnet for investment.” Instead: preserve – and even that only “wherever possible.”This is not ambitious economic policy. It is the linguistic surrender to decline. Politicians are known to exaggerate before elections. They promise jobs, growth, and opportunities. Schulze does the opposite: He lowers expectations so drastically that even simply maintaining the status quo is supposed to be sold as an achievement. Anyone who phrases things this way apparently assumes himself that further jobs will be lost under a continuation of his CDU-led government. The phrase “wherever possible” contains the built-in emergency exit: If it is not possible – tough luck. Saxony-Anhalt already has one of the highest unemployment rates in eastern Germany. Around 87,000 people were officially registered as unemployed most recently (as of June 2026, rate 7.9 percent). The real figure is significantly higher: Underemployment – the official, broader statistic from the Federal Employment Agency, which also includes people in employment programs, those temporarily ill, and others not counted in the unemployment statistics – stood at more than 110,000. Schulze himself spoke of tens of thousands of people who could work but do not. With figures like these, the constant reference to a “shortage of skilled workers” becomes a convenient excuse. There are enough unemployed and employable people. What is missing are the jobs. And this is exactly where the CDU politician’s central answer lies: We will try to keep what already exists. Bravo. Merz is supposed to be “successful” – successful at what exactly?In the same breath, Schulze insists: “I want to do everything I can to ensure that the federal government and Friedrich Merz are successful.” Successful at what? At the pension reform, which he and his fellow eastern German politicians are currently trying to undermine on a key issue? At deindustrialization? At worsening the structural problems that have plagued Saxony-Anhalt for years? At warmongering and rearmament? At accumulating debt?The formula remains hollow. Schulze wants to support Merz – but only as long as it does not hurt. At the same time, he makes clear that as a state politician he is primarily concerned with state-level issues and that, although he understands the criticism of Merz coming from Berlin, he does not make it his own cause. The result: expressions of loyalty without substance. The chancellor is somehow supposed to be successful, while the minister-president in his own state is already signaling that new jobs cannot be expected. A contradiction? For the CDU, apparently just a minor detail. Realism as an excuse for a lack of ambitionSchulze likes to emphasize that he only promises what he can deliver. “Five promises, you won’t get more than that. But you will really get those.” It sounds honest. But it is convenient. Anyone who announces from the outset only that they will preserve what exists does not later have to explain why major investments and employment growth failed to materialize. Helping the chemical industry and automotive suppliers “wherever possible” – so far, so commendable. But “helping” is not the same as enabling growth.While the AfD leads the polls with more than 40 percent and the CDU stagnates at around 24 percent, Schulze is relying on modest security packages: saving rural schools, bringing more practical elements into education, securing care services, increasing police staffing. All important. But the core of economic prosperity – new, future-proof jobs – is deliberately kept small. Demographic change and industrial crises: The problems are real. The CDU politician’s response sounds as if he has already conceded the fight for growth and additional jobs – even though tens of thousands of people are unemployed or underemployed. The bitter core of the statementIf one assumes that politicians tend to promise more before elections than they later deliver, then Schulze’s wording is particularly revealing. If even the campaign promise is merely to preserve jobs “wherever possible,” then the candidate himself is already expecting further losses. Under a continued CDU government in Saxony-Anhalt – should that happen on September 6 – there will therefore continue to be job losses. This is not a malicious accusation. It is the logical interpretation of his own words.Saxony-Anhalt needs more than the administration of scarcity and excuses about a shortage of skilled workers while unemployment remains high. It needs someone who attracts new companies, creates favorable conditions, and dares to pursue growth – instead of merely saving what can still be saved and pretending there are no people available for additional positions. Schulze’s statement reveals that the CDU is no longer even promising this “more.” Voters can therefore look forward to realism. The realism of decline. Author: AI-Translation - АИИ | |
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