The AfD was the election winner in Thuringia by a wide margin. The CDU, BSW and the Left came in behind. The SPD, as the smallest faction, also just managed to get back into the Erfurt state parliament. That was it. No Greens, no FDP, no others. And yet this supposedly clear result turns out to be quite confusing. Because a government, let alone a stable one, is nowhere in sight.
Four- and three-way constellation in Thuringia
Nobody wants to govern together with the AfD. All four of the other parties together would have a majority, but either do not want to form a coalition with each other (CDU with the Left Party) or they are – at least in isolated cases – reluctant to work together, as several CDU politicians are doing with regard to Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW.
That leaves a three-party coalition between the CDU, BSW and the Left, but for the reasons mentioned above, this is also ruled out. All other three-party coalitions lack a majority.
That is why so many young people in Saxony and Thuringia voted for the AfD
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And now? If the CDU does not pass a resolution declaring cooperation with the Left Party incompatible, the only option would be a minority government. Led by the CDU – and possibly together with the SPD – such an alliance would need help from the other factions. Both in the election of the head of government and in all legislative proposals. Stability certainly does not look like that.
The photo gallery above shows who the protagonists are who will enter into the difficult negotiations that will now follow.
Source: Stern
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