Saxony-Anhalt Greens Open to BSW Plan for Independent State Premier

Saxony-Anhalt’s Greens are willing to consider an unusual solution to the state’s difficult post-election arithmetic: a minister-president who governs without a coalition. Their lead candidate, Susan Sziborra-Siedlitz, said the proposal would not fail because of the Greens.

The idea came from the BSW, which proposed an independent, nonpartisan head of government. Sziborra-Siedlitz described such an arrangement as “a very unusual idea,” but also as “a last lifeline” to prevent what she called a fascist government and to avoid political paralysis.

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A very unusual idea.

The Greens say a coalition against the AfD would not have a majority. The alternative, according to Sziborra-Siedlitz, would be an AfD-led government. She told the taz that the parties should agree only on the person of the minister-president, without entering into broader cooperation.

Sziborra-Siedlitz did not say who could take the position. Although the BSW’s votes could mathematically help form a majority without the AfD, she said she did not consider the party reliable enough.

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A last lifeline.