The Left, SPD, Greens and CDU had promised each other in the Thuringian government crisis in 2020 to pave the way for a new election. For this, the parliament should be dissolved. It does not come to that now – also for fear of AfD votes.
Shortly before the planned dissolution of the Thuringian state parliament, two government factions pull the ripcord: Left and Greens withdrew their signatures on Friday under a motion for parliament to dissolve itself. The necessary two-thirds majority is not secured – AfD votes should not be decisive, the faction leaders justified the decision. The dissolution is the prerequisite for the new election of the state parliament, which was previously planned for September 26th together with the federal election.
The state parliament actually wanted to vote on its self-dissolution next Monday. The decision to withdraw the signatures was made after special meetings of the two groups. After the debacle in the election of short-term prime minister Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) last year, there should be no risk that AfD votes could make the difference even in an early election of parliament, said the faction leaders.
Red-red-green are four votes missing
Actually, the state election should take place parallel to the federal election on September 26th. This is no longer possible after the deadlines set by the constitution.
The decision was made after it was established that the Red-Red-Green and CDU, which had jointly submitted the dissolution request at the end of June, could not raise the necessary 60 votes, although they together have 63 MPs. Four members of the CDU refused to give their consent, as did two of the left, who insisted on the CDU being faithful to the contract. In addition, a member of the Left was injured so badly in an accident that she would probably not have been able to come to the vote on Monday.
Thuringia’s red-red-green minority coalition headed by Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) is missing four votes for its own majority in the state parliament, so it has so far been dependent on the support of the CDU for decisions in parliament. To this end, a temporary stability pact was concluded in March 2020, which has expired.
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