The destruction of the CDU

The destruction of the CDU (German: Die Zerstörung der CDU) is the title of a video released on May 18, 2019 in the run-up to the 2019 European elections by the German YouTuber Rezo on YouTube.[1] The video is 55 minutes long and is accompanied by a 13-page source list.[2]

Content

In the video he criticized the current German government parties (the CDU, the CSU, the SPD), the AfD, and the FDP.

He accuses the Union parties, in particular, of contributing to the ever-widening gap between rich and poor in Germany, climate change, "advancing with and support the US unquestioningly in their armed conflicts".[3]

He also commented on the topics of education, copyright and drug policy.[4]

At the end of the video he provides an indirect recommendation to vote for Alliance 90/The Greens and Die Linke. His video also shows Volt Europa, DiEM25 and ÖkoLinX as other voting options.[5][2]

Resonance

The video, which was accessed millions of times within days, attracted international media interest and was part of the social debate.[6][7] It was the most watched German YouTube video in 2019.[8]

Follow-up

On May 24, 2019, Rezo released another video titled A Statement of 70+ Youtubers[9] (German: Ein Statement von 70+ Youtubern, later, A Statement from 90+ Youtubers, German: Ein Statement von 90+ Youtubern) in which they express their support for Rezo's concerns and "[therefore ask all]: Do not vote for the CDU/CSU, do not vote for the SPD. Do not vote for any other party that does so little in the sense of logic and science, and destroys our future according to scientific consensus. And certainly not the AfD who even denies this consensus".

References
  1. Fabian von der Mark (23 May 2019). "Opinion: German YouTuber takes on Angela Merkel's CDU". Deutsche Welle.
  2. Rezo: Die Zerstörung der CDU. In: YouTube. 18. May 2019. (Video; 54:57 min)
  3. "Wie ein YouTuber den Zorn der Union auf sich zieht". Die Welt. Axel Springer. 22 May 2019.
  4. "Rezo spitzt zu, verkürzt, pauschalisiert – sein Anti-CDU-Video ist trotzdem ein Lehrstück". Stern. 22 May 2019.
  5. Maria Fiedler (23 May 2019). "Abrechnung mit der CDU − Das Rezo-Video zeigt, was junge Menschen an der Politik nervt". Tagesspiegel-online.
  6. Lilly Schlagnitweit (21 May 2019). "Youtuber kritisiert Regierungsparteien: Rezos Real Talk". Die Tageszeitung.
  7. "YouTuber Rezo stellt Video „Die Zerstörung der CDU" ins Netz". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 20 May 2019.
  8. "„Die Zerstörung der CDU" ist erfolgreichstes Youtube-Video 2019". www.tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  9. Youtuber: „Dies ist ein offener Brief, ein Statement“ – Rezo legt mit neuem Video nach. In: Handelsblatt, 24 May 2019.
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