The CDU has unveiled a comprehensive "Sofortprogramm" ahead of the 2025 Bundestag elections, promising sweeping changes in migration, economy, and labor policies.

Party leader Friedrich Merz emphasized a focus on economic relief, including tax cuts on electricity and reduced bureaucracy, alongside stricter migration controls such as border rejections and extended detention for deportees.

The program also proposes reversing key laws from the current coalition, like the heating and cannabis legalization laws.

Critics, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accuse Merz of aligning with far-right policies, sparking internal and external debates.

The CDU aims to implement these measures within the first 100 days of governance, though coalition support remains uncertain.