SPD wants swift exploratory talks - BSW says yes unanimously

Potential coalition partners want to examine new elements of direct democracy

"We want to achieve the best for Saxony together. We will approach our work pragmatically by working together in a new way," reads the preamble to the position paper. "In this sense, we see our cooperation as an opportunity. We stand for an objective discourse in which different opinions within society can be openly discussed. To this end, we also want to examine new elements of direct democracy and participation."

The three parties also advocate, among other things, faster deportation of rejected asylum seekers and a separation between refugee policy and labor migration. Asylum procedures should be accelerated and asylum seekers should "regularly take on activities for the common good" during the procedure. Other controversial issues in this area include benefits in kind for asylum seekers and the introduction of a separate border police force.

Under the heading "Economy and employment", the potential partners agreed on an increase in the master craftsman bonus, a relief package for farmers and simpler and faster recognition of foreign educational and qualification certificates. At the same time, they announced the reduction of bureaucracy. The debt brake should not be an obstacle to necessary investments in the future, they say elsewhere. So far, the CDU has left no room for a relaxation of the debt brake.