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Thuringia’s BSW parliamentary group plans to dissolve

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Thuringia’s BSW parliamentary group plans to dissolve after most of its members left the party.
  • The former members intend to form a new parliamentary group to preserve their ability to support the state government.
  • The split puts pressure on Germany’s only CDU, BSW and SPD coalition, which has governed Thuringia since late 2024.

Thuringia’s BSW parliamentary group plans to dissolve after most of its members left the party, a move intended to preserve the former members’ ability to support the state government.

The dissolution is scheduled to take place at a meeting on Wednesday. A new parliamentary group is then expected to be formed, the group’s current leadership said in Erfurt.

The former BSW members are led by Deputy Minister-President Katja Wolf, who announced on Sunday that she had founded a new party called Thüringen.Gerecht. Wolf had also served as the BSW’s state chairwoman until she left the party.

The former members still want to support the government led by CDU Minister-President Mario Voigt. Thuringia has been governed since late 2024 by Germany’s only coalition of the CDU, BSW and SPD. The BSW’s breakup has pushed that coalition into a crisis. The report was still being updated.

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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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