The BSW parliamentary group in Saxony votes with the AfD in the state parliament. The SPD then interrupts the exploratory talks with the Wagenknecht troops.
The exploratory talks between the CDU, BSW and SPD for a possible government formation in Saxony have been interrupted for the time being. The SPD stopped further talks after BSW MPs partially voted in favor of a motion from the AfD parliamentary group to set up a committee of inquiry into the corona pandemic. Read more about this here.
“After today’s plenary session, there is a need for clarification internally,” said an SPD spokesman. The planned talks were therefore initially interrupted. The CDU and SPD ruled out any cooperation with the AfD during the election campaign.
“Today’s solidarity between the AfD and BSW in voting on a Corona investigative committee is a heavy burden on the ongoing exploratory talks,” said the Saxon SPD chairmen Kathrin Michel and Henning Homann. Your party will therefore suspend negotiations in the working groups until there is clarification from the leaders.
Negotiations require trust, according to Michel and Homann. The BSW parliamentary group gave the impression in the state parliament that it also supported the content of the AfD’s application and thus agreed to a tribunal. “This is unacceptable for us.” The “substantial support of a populist proposal from a firmly right-wing extremist party” is fatal.
The state parliament had previously decided to set up a committee of inquiry into the corona pandemic. The AfD parliamentary group’s motion received sufficient approval in the special session, and members of the BSW also voted for the motion. Even without the BSW’s votes, the committee of inquiry would have been formed, as the AfD is represented by 40 members in the state parliament; 24 votes were necessary.
BSW chairwoman Sabine Zimmermann explained: “We were just about to meet with representatives of the CDU and SPD in the working group on health and social affairs to set the right course for Saxony’s health system, when the SPD suddenly declared the exploratory talks to be interrupted. ” The BSW politician accused the SPD of harming the country. She called on the Social Democrats to return to the negotiating table “as quickly as possible”.
On Tuesday, the three parties began exploratory talks for a joint coalition. Zimmermann said on Thursday that she did not assume that her group’s voting behavior would have an impact on the exploratory talks. The two possible coalition partners initially assessed it similarly.