The SPD wants its members to vote on a possible coalition with the CDU and BSW in Saxony. Should the negotiations lead to a result, the approximately 4,500 members will decide whether a coalition is enough, explained state chairpersons Kathrin Michel and Henning Homann. The outcome of the survey will be binding for the state executive committee. The Social Democrats had already asked their members to vote on the coalition agreement with the CDU and Greens in 2019.
Talks between the CDU, BSW and SPD have been slow so far, meaning that there are still no official coalition negotiations two months after the state elections. The fact that the majority of BSW MPs in the state parliament voted in favor of an AfD motion to set up a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic recently caused displeasure.
The demand by BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht to include peace policy demands in the preamble of a coalition agreement is also considered a sticking point.
