AfD calls for sole CDU government

The AfD is calling on the CDU to form a sole government. The coalition agreement between the CDU and SPD bears a left-wing signature and the SPD has prevailed in many areas, said Jörg Urban, the AfD chairman in Saxony. This is exactly what the majority of Saxon voters do not want. "The CDU would be well advised not to form a minority government in this form."

Instead, the AfD believes that the Christian Democrats should decide to govern alone at their party conference on Saturday, "because we have a stable right-wing conservative majority in the state parliament", said Urban. The CDU should take the risk and enter a government completely freely, said Saxony's AfD General Secretary Jan Zwerg. The AfD parliamentary group would then also vote for Michael Kretschmer (CDU) as Minister President.

AfD presents "twelve-point program"

Urban and Zwerg presented a "twelve-point program" for which their party sees a majority in the state parliament. Among other things, it calls for the introduction of a strict principle of benefits in kind for asylum seekers, a continuation of the debt brake and the restructuring of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution into a "Defense Center for Political and Religious Militancy". The Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the party in Saxony as definitely right-wing extremist.

The CDU and SPD had agreed on a coalition agreement at the beginning of December. The SPD plans to announce the result of its members' vote on the agreement on December 16, while the CDU will decide at a party conference on Saturday. The election of the Prime Minister is scheduled for December 18.