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Kretschmer: Building exhibition would be a turbo boost for coal region

Kretschmer: Building exhibition would be a turbo boost for coal region
Minister President Michael Kretschmer (2nd from left) considers the idea of an International Building Exhibition in Leipzig's Land of Ideas to be a great opportunity / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa
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The Saxon cabinet meets regularly outside the major centers to deal with problems in the region. In Leipzig's Neuseenland region, the focus was also on ideas for the future.

Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) believes that the idea of an international building exhibition in Leipzig's New Lakeland makes sense. He said after a cabinet meeting in Bad Lausick that he was pleased that "not only small buns are being baked" in the Leipzig region. Such an exhibition would be a turbo and a new opportunity. It could show how new life is being breathed back into post-mining landscapes.

Kretschmer: Saxony has a lot to offer when it comes to structural change

"I believe that this is indeed a topic where we have a lot to offer," said Kretschmer. This topic is also very much connected to the people of the region. It is not about "landing somewhere with a spaceship" and doing something, but about focusing on the concerns and identity of the people. The government's understanding of politics is based on this. Cabinet meetings abroad offer the opportunity to delve deeper into a region and its problems.

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