Thuringia Coalition Uncertainty
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Thuringia's coalition government faces instability as two BSW lawmakers withdraw support for Minister-President Mario Voigt, jeopardizing the ruling CDU-led coalition. This contradicts a prior BSW faction decision to remain with the CDU and SPD. Meanwhile, Thuringia's Interior Minister proposes blocking the AfD from intelligence data in Saxony-Anhalt if they win regional elections.
Bodo Ramelow swaps Thuringian forest property for an apartment in South Tyrol
Bodo Ramelow is saying “ciao” to his holiday home in Thuringia and making more room for life in northern Italy. The former Thuringian premier is selling his property near the Bleiloch reservoir and plans to spend more time in Merano with his wife. “I am moving part of my life to Italy with my better half,” Ramelow told the German Press Agency in Erfurt. The couple has often vacationed in Merano in…
Thuringian BSW Defectors Form New Party in State Parliament
Three Thuringian lawmakers who broke away from the BSW have founded a new party, according to their own statements. They named it Deine Stimme zählt, or Your Voice Counts. Dirk Hoffmeister presented h…
Split in Thuringia Parliament: BSW Faction Loses Three Lawmakers
The BSW faction in Thuringia’s state parliament is losing three lawmakers in a split that changes the balance of power in Erfurt. Stefan Wogawa, Dirk Hoffmeister and Roberto Kobelt have left both the …
Thuringia: Three lawmakers leave the state BSW parliamentary group
Three lawmakers have left Thuringia’s BSW party and parliamentary group, ending the 44-44 deadlock in the state parliament and shifting the balance toward the opposition. BSW parliamentary group leade…
