mo4ch:>Merkel successor lashes out against YouTubers over election controversy but CDU problems run deeper | Mo4ch News

Published time: 29 May, 2019 11:13 The rise of YouTube political campaigning in Germany shows mainstream politicians are failing to deliver meaningful messages to a young voters, RT hears, as the CDU’s leader lands in hot water over internet regulation remarks.A 27-year old YouTube blogger appears to be the reason for the ruling CDU party’s defeat at the European elections. At least that’s what one might think given what the party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who succeeded Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2018, said on Monday after the CDU got just 28.9% of the vote – a drop of almost 7% from 2014.In a Twitter post, the politician blamed the media and internet influencers who, as she put it, are “destroying” the party. In a separate comment she accused YouTubers of manipulating public opinion and wondered whether online political discussions should somehow be regulated.Kramp-Karrenbauer was apparently referring to a video by a German YouTube star Rezo posted days before the election i…