Philipp Lengsfeld (born 21 March 1972) is a German politician, formerly of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Life

Born in East Berlin, Lengsfeld is the oldest son of German politician and civil rights activist Vera Lengsfeld. He grew up in East Germany. In 2001, he joined the center-right CDU.

From 2013 to 2017, he was a member of the Bundestag.

He left the CDU in 2023.[1]

Positions

Lengsfeld belonged to the right-wing of his party, the so-called Berliner Kreis.[2]

He opposes same-sex marriage[3] and is critic of Angela Merkels climate policy.[4]

References

  1. ^ Latz, Christian (1 July 2023). "„Die Partei schuldet mir nichts": Berliner Politiker Philipp Lengsfeld tritt aus der CDU aus" [‘The party owes me nothing": Berlin politician Philipp Lengsfeld resigns from the CDU]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Ziele". Berliner Kreis. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ Werner van Bebber, Sabine Beikler (30 June 2015), "Homo-Ehe spaltet Berliner CDU", Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German), ISSN 1865-2263, retrieved 4 September 2018
  4. ^ "Klimaschutz: CDU-Rechte fordern Abschied von deutschen Klimazielen", Die Zeit (in German), Hamburg, 3 June 2017, ISSN 0044-2070, retrieved 7 June 2017


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