The negotiations of the Left, SPD and Greens with the CDU for a way out of the Government crisis in Thuringia make progress. The talks were positive, said former Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left). “You see us relaxed. We are working.” The four parties would not fight “for every millimeter of land”. Ramelow did not want to comment on the details.
Negotiating circles said that CDU can now be ready. Ramelow to help with the necessary majority in the state parliament in a prime ministerial election. The alliance of the Left, SPD and Greens he favored lacks four votes in parliament for a majority in the first ballot.
Ramelow had stated on several occasions that he would only take the risk of being re-elected prime minister if a democratic majority was certain and that he was not in danger of being voted on by secret vote with the AfD. It is said that the CDU parliamentary group is not making a commitment to Ramelow’s election, but only a group of CDU MPs, who should not be named.
According to the mirror would be the issues on which the government is concerned
would then coordinate with the CDU, debureaucratisation, internal security, a financial package for local authorities, doctors and local transport for the
rural area.
The time for new elections remains in dispute
The decision of the Federal Party not to cooperate with the left or the AfD could thus be adapted to the Thuringian situation. In the past few days, several CDU politicians, including among them, had asked for more scope in implementing the incompatibility decision Thuringia former Prime Ministers Christine Lieberknecht and Dieter Althaus as well as faction and party leader Mike Mohring.
The four parties have also agreed on a stability pact for Thuringia. Among other things, this is to ensure that the AfD is not the decisive voice in political decisions in the state parliament, it was said from negotiating circles in the state parliament. Details of the structure of the pact were initially not known.
The timing of a new election remains controversial between the four parties, it was said from negotiating circles. Left and SPD are for a new election before the summer break of the parliament, the CDU wants an appointment at the earliest in 2021, if a state budget is decided. The party wants a quick dissolution of the parliament
avoid because the CDU according to the latest surveys high losses
would accept and lose several seats in the state parliament.
Thuringia has been in a government crisis since February 5, because
the FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich also with the votes of the AfD and CDU
was elected new prime minister. He kicked three days later
back – without naming a minister for a cabinet. The 55 year old is
ever since managing director and sole member of the
State government. He was the first head of government in Germany to get his office with the help of the AfD. His choice had sparked outrage and protests across the country.
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