Saxon state government inefficient according to Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister Wolfram Günther (Greens) criticizes the inefficient work of the Saxon state government, especially the CDU.
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CDU and AfD tied in election poll in Saxony
The CDU in Saxony is on a par with the AfD, according to an election poll. In the survey conducted by the opinion research institute Civey and the "Sächsische Zeitung" (Monday), both parties landed at 33 percent. The Greens, the Left Party and the SPD would therefore have to worry about entering the ..
Corporate events in restaurants: Christmas parties despite higher costs
Numerous companies are once again organizing Christmas parties in restaurants with their employees this year, even though restaurateurs have to adapt to higher costs during the Christmas period.
Petra Köpping leads Saxony's SPD into the 2024 state election as top candidate
The current Minister of Social Affairs, Petra Köpping, will be the SPD's lead candidate in the state elections in Saxony in 2024.
Köpping calls for more financial leeway
The SPD's designated lead candidate in Saxony, Petra Köpping, has called for more will to shape the state's most pressing problems. It is not enough to simply name the problems and enrich them with unworthy discussions, said the 65-year-old at the extraordinary state party conference in Neukieritzsc ..
Lars Klingbeil at the state party conference of the SPD Saxony
Saxony's SPD wants to get in the mood for the state elections next September at a state party conference. Among other things, SPD federal chairman Lars Klingbeil is expected to give a speech on Saturday (10.00 am) in Neukieritzsch (Leipzig district). In addition, current Social Affairs Minister Petr ..
CDU Minister Presidents of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony open to reform of the debt brake
The CDU Minister Presidents of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, Reiner Haseloff and Michael Kretschmer, are open to a reform of the debt brake.
Köpping: Winning voters with trust and reliability
The SPD's designated lead candidate in Saxony, Petra Köpping, wants to win over voters with trust and reliability. She is convinced that experience will play an important role in the state elections next September, the 65-year-old told the German Press Agency. "In the current crisis-ridden times, pe ..
Unusual growth in membership of Saxony's Left Party
Saxony's Left Party recorded an unusual increase of 56 members over the past weekend as a result of calls by Carola Rackete during the federal party conference in Augsburg.
Election year 2024: Kretschmer wants to remove the AfD's breeding ground
Saxony's CDU state leader Michael Kretschmer wants to stand up to the AfD in next year's elections and is focusing on the topics of migration, energy and reducing bureaucracy. "Only when the problems that people are dissatisfied with are solved will this far-right AfD also dissolve," said Kretschmer ..
Kretschmer wants to remain CDU state leader: Vote
Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer wants to lead the CDU in Saxony for another two years. To this end, he is running for the chairmanship again at the state party conference in Chemnitz on Saturday. In the vote two years ago, the now 48-year-old achieved a rather meagre result of around 76 percent. I ..
Migration: Kretschmer calls for cross-party solution
Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has called for a cross-party solution to the problems of the federal states and municipalities on the subject of migration, but has expressed skepticism about the proposals of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's (SPD) "traffic light" coalition. "The horizon of exp ..
Left Party conference in Chemnitz - preparations for the election year
At the party conference of the Left Party in Chemnitz, the chairpersons are to be elected and the Saxon Left Party's top candidates for the state election campaign are to be determined.
The Left Party demands safe health care in Saxony
The left-wing parliamentary group in the Saxon state parliament is focusing on a core issue of its 2024 election campaign with a campaign on safe healthcare.
After splitting off the alliance Sahra Wagenknecht: Left in Saxony stable
After the split of the "Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht", the party in Saxony presents itself stable so far.
Schuster wants to enter state parliament: "No naïve multicultural policy"
Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) wants to enter the state parliament in 2024 and is also focusing on the topic of migration. "Humanity and order is the goal in flight and migration, but not a naive multicultural policy," he declared according to a statement on Sunday when he was elect ..
CSU and Free Voters close to signing coalition agreement
The CSU and the Free Voters are about to sign their next coalition agreement, just two weeks after negotiations began.
Party departure of Sahra Wagenknecht and followers has not yet led to a bloodletting among the Left Party in Saxony
So far, 25 entries and seven withdrawals have been registered with the Left Party in Saxony. The split from the party was described by the party leadership as reckless.
Wagenknecht party to run in eastern German elections
Politician Sahra Wagenknecht wants to run with her new party in the three eastern German state elections next year, if possible. "We are striving to run in the three federal states, but whether we really make it in all three will of course depend on how the state associations are set up by then, whi ..
Saxon Left avoids conflict with Sahra Wagenknecht
The party leadership of the Saxon Left does not want to enter into a conflict with Sahra Wagenknecht and emphasizes the importance of justice, solidarity and the fight against the extreme right.
Homeland Union accuses Greens and SPD of denial of reality
The conservative Homeland Union has accused Saxony's CDU coalition partners of the Greens and SPD of "denying reality." "In the state election on September 1, 2024, voters will hopefully give the right answer and encourage these two parties to rethink their unrealistic policies by an election result ..
Green Youth criticizes mother party at federal congress
At the national congress of the Green Youth in Leipzig, the work of the parent party was strongly criticized. New leader elected.
Saxon Left Party politician André Hahn will not run again in the Bundestag elections
Saxony's Left Party politician André Hahn announces that he will not run again in the next federal election. After almost three decades in the state parliament of Saxony and the Bundestag, Hahn wants to pass the baton to younger people.
Saxon Left warns against secession and criticizes possible consequences
Saxony's Left Party calls the plans to split the party reckless. The possible split could pose a problem for the Left's parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
Protests against AfD party event in Dresden
Around 70 demonstrators from the left-wing spectrum protested against an AfD party event in Dresden.
Left ready to find ways with CDU to keep AfD from joining government
With an eye to the upcoming state elections in Saxony, the Left Party is prepared, according to parliamentary group leader Rico Gebhardt, to work with the CDU to find ways to keep the AfD from joining the government.
SPD top candidate Köpping promotes change of strategy
With an eye to next year's state elections in Saxony, Social Affairs Minister and SPD top candidate Petra Köpping has called for a change in her party's strategy. "It's important to me that people see that a coalition can work together," Köpping said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio broadc ..
SPD top candidate Köpping promotes change of strategy
With an eye to next year's state elections in Saxony, Social Affairs Minister and SPD top candidate Petra Köpping has called for a change in her party's strategy. "It's important to me that people see that a coalition can work together," Köpping said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio broadc ..
Gauck calls for all-party alliance against AfD in upcoming state elections
Former German President Joachim Gauck suggests that all democratic parties join forces to prevent the AfD from governing.
Saxony's premier criticizes federal government but praises Chancellor Scholz
Saxony's premier is dissatisfied with the work of the federal government, but has a positive opinion of Chancellor Scholz.
Oliver Schenk to lead Saxon Union in 2024 European election
State Chancellery head Oliver Schenk is to lead Saxony's CDU/CSU in the 2024 European elections. CDU state chairman Michael Kretschmer has proposed the 55-year-old as the top candidate.
Köpping SPD top candidate for the 2024 state election
Saxony's Minister of Social Affairs Petra Köpping is to lead the SPD as top candidate in the state election in just under a year. This was announced by the state executive committee on Monday in Dresden. An extraordinary party conference on November 25 must still confirm the selection.Four years ago ..
Dispute over AfD ban: Saxon Justice Minister considers ban difficult under current circumstances
Saxony's Justice Minister Katja Meier believes it would be difficult to ban the AfD under the current circumstances. In some federal states, the party is being monitored as a suspected case, while in others it is considered to be right-wing extremist.
KfW to play a central role in heating subsidies in the future
Anyone submitting applications in Germany often has to do so with different authorities. At least in the case of heating subsidies, this is now to be bundled.
2024 state election: SPD wants to give 100 percent in the final sprint
The SPD in the Saxon state parliament is already gearing up for the finale a year before the state elections. "We give 100 percent for the final spurt," faction leader Dirk Panter expressed his determination on Friday after a faction retreat in Chemnitz. He said that opportunities must be seized ins ..
Greens continue "#ThisPeople" campaign
After a verbal attack by Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) on his Green coalition partner, the latter is now using the head of government's words in his own cause. "We will continue the #DieseLeute campaign in the coming weeks and show various personalities who belong to "These people ..
Discord in the coalition and criticism of Kretschmer
From the Saxony coalition are again discords audible. SPD leader Henning Homann on Monday criticized continued criticism of the traffic light government in Berlin by Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) and the CDU/CSU. "The campaigns against the traffic light are unserious. Because it is the fed ..
Greens want to streamline building regulations
The Greens in the Saxon state parliament want to streamline the regulations for building. "Building must not only become more climate-friendly, but above all simpler and more cost-effective," said MP Thomas Löser in Dresden on Sunday. "As legislators, we should therefore urgently grant more freedom ..
Höcke swears in AfD supporters in the east for election year 2024
Thuringia's AfD state party and parliamentary group leader Björn Höcke has sworn in his supporters in Oranienburg for the election year 2024 and underlined the party's ambitions. "We must achieve one thing (...) that those who love Germany with all their hearts come to the high state offices - to th ..
Solidarity among the Free Voters in Saxony
The Free Voters (FW) in Saxony want to show unity with a view to the local and state elections in 2024. At a meeting in Oederan, they have closed ranks, explained FW state leader Thomas Weidinger on Thursday. "For the first time, we have succeeded in establishing the connection between the municipal ..
Parties want further reduced tax for gastronomy
Solid majority: All parties represented in the Saxon state parliament are in favor of a reduced VAT rate in the catering industry beyond 2023. After the Greens and the AfD, the CDU, SPD and Left also spoke out in favor on Thursday. "Already because of the general inflation, it would be wrong to rais ..
Saxony SPD sees poor poll numbers as "warning shot"
Saxony's SPD sees poor poll results for itself and others as a "warning shot" a year before state elections. For the first time, one is in a situation where the coalition of CDU, Greens and SPD would no longer have a majority - even if only just, party leader Henning Homann said in Dresden on Thursd ..
Free voters in Saxony back Aiwanger
The Free Voters in Saxony have backed their controversial federal chairman Hubert Aiwanger and called for an end to the debate about his person. "Aiwanger's statements are to be believed within the framework of the presumption of innocence. We therefore fully back Hubert Aiwanger, whom we have alway ..
Vorländer: "In an election, it comes down to top personnel".
The Dresden-based political scientist Hans Vorländer sees the current INSA poll on the state election in Saxony as merely a snapshot. "Generally speaking, these are polls. They give a picture of the mood at the present time. They are not a forecast for the future election. That must be emphasized ag ..
Insa poll: AfD at 35 percent in Saxony: ahead of CDU
A year before the state elections in Saxony, the AfD is in first place in the state, according to an Insa poll - clearly ahead of Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer's CDU. The AfD comes in at 35 percent, the "Leipziger Volkszeitung" (LVZ) reported Thursday. The CDU stands at 29 percent. The LVZ had c ..
Saxony's prime minister does not want cooperation with AfD
Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of Saxony, pleads for more precise argumentation in dealing with the AfD and warns against cooperation. A radical populist party like the AfD cannot be considered a normal democratic party, Kretschmer said.