The strongly conservative Heimatunion in the Saxon CDU is pushing for a minority government in the Free State. "It won't be comfortable, of course, but it will be the best thing for Saxony," Ulrich Link, spokesman for the association, told the German Press Agency. He justified this with reservations about the Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) alliance. The talks between the CDU, SPD and BSW are viewed with concern. As in 2019, it is about the integration of a third, "strongly ideological partner".
Kretschmer considers a minority government to be the worse option
Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer has so far rejected a minority government. "The difference is: in a minority government, you are in negotiations every day. With every topic, every law, every budget, every small proposal, the discussion starts all over again. That ties up an incredible amount of energy. That's why a coalition is always the better way," he said in a recent interview.
"Familiarization talks" between CDU, BSW and SPD continue
In the next three days, the three potential partners of a new government - CDU, BSW and SPD - want to continue their preliminary talks in Dresden. BSW chairwoman Sabine Zimmermann made it clear at the weekend that the "time for jibes" must now be over and serious work must follow. "The CDU must decide which path it wants to take. If it chooses the BSW, there must be negotiations at eye level," she told dpa.
In the state elections on September 1, the CDU was the strongest party with 31.9 percent of the vote, ahead of the AfD (30.6 percent). This is no longer enough to continue the old coalition with the Greens (5.1%) and SPD (7.3%). The CDU/CSU is therefore absolutely dependent on the BSW (11.8), as it strictly rules out a coalition with the AfD.
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