According to information from “Stern” from the party, the state executive board and the state parliamentary group plan to decide on the move on Monday afternoon. Thuringia CDU leader Mario Voigt will submit a proposal to the committee, he said. The decision should therefore be announced in the evening. The stated goal is to form a government, he said.
Merz called a coalition with BSW “very, very unlikely”
In recent weeks, Voigt has held bilateral discussions with BSW state leader Katja Wolf and SPD state leader Georg Maier. It said agreement had been reached in many policy areas. The BSW and SPD committees met on Monday evening to decide on their own exploratory course of action. Talks are due to start on Friday at the earliest. The constitution of the state parliament is planned for Thursday. The CDU federal leadership is critical of the negotiations. Party leader Friedrich Merz recently described a coalition with the BSW in Saxony and Thuringia as “very, very unlikely.” Tolerance or other forms of cooperation are possible, he said.
