Dr. Markus Krall über die Krise, seine Parteigründung und die totregulierte deutsche Wirtschaft

Hello everyone, I'm Jasmin Kosobck and I enjoy talking to interesting people about interesting things. Today, we're talking about the political ambitions of a very special man, Dr. Markus Krall. You're the former CEO of De Gussa and now work in publishing. You have the ambition to found a party. Let me start right away. You

want to—let me tell you—what exactly do you want with this party, which you'll probably found next year, officially? Um, you say it's a politically driven party that positions itself somewhere between the CSU and the AfD. You say you'll halve the CDU's support. You'll bring about a change in Germany and you're aiming for a change of

power in the 2025 federal elections. That's not exactly modest, is it? Not alone, of course. Well, of course, it's not modest, I know that. But you have to put it into context. Of course, I wouldn't be able to achieve anything on my own, neither with a new party nor with just one party.

The point I'm making is actually quite simple: we have a vacant center in Germany. We have the AfD on the right side of the democratic spectrum, which is positioned there. And which is now experiencing such a surge in popularity, also due to voter dissatisfaction. On the left, all the other parties vying for the

left-wing position have shifted so far to the left that what is considered left of center is now, in some cases, right-wing extremist. In the center of society, in the middle of the political spectrum, voters are no longer offered anything. But voters want an option in the center of the political spectrum. If it

were otherwise, we wouldn't have so many non-voters. So I believe it's time to offer this political option again in the center, in a way that can contribute to changing politics in this country. And change in this case doesn't mean doing what the established parties have been doing all along. That includes the CDU/CSU. The CDU/CSU