The date for the election of the Saxon Minister President has been set. The Saxon state parliament has announced that the election will take place at a meeting on December 18. The election of the members of the Council for Sorbian Affairs is then on the agenda.
The CDU and SPD signed a coalition agreement at the beginning of December after negotiating the formation of a minority government since mid-November. As the two parties are ten votes short of a majority in the state parliament, they are planning a so-called consultation mechanism. This should make it possible to involve the opposition - including the AfD - in legislative proposals at an early stage.
In the state elections on September 1, the CDU was the strongest party in Saxony with 31.9% of the vote, ahead of the AfD (30.6%). As the CDU categorically ruled out an alliance with the AfD and also with the left, the only option for a majority government was an alliance between the CDU, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and the SPD, which failed during the exploratory phase.
