European and state elections: CDU executive committee submits list proposal

The executive committee of the CDU in Saxony has presented its proposals for the candidate lists for the European and state elections. As the state association announced on Friday evening, they are to be decided by a meeting of representatives on January 20 in Dresden. There is an equal number of men and women in the top positions. CDU state leader and Minister President Michael Kretschmer leads the proposed list for the state parliamentary elections. He is followed by party deputy and Minister of Culture Barbara Klepsch, CDU General Secretary Alexander Dierks, lawyer and member of the state parliament Susan Leithoff and CDU parliamentary group leader Christian Hartmann. State Chancellery Leader Oliver Schenk is in first place on the proposed list for the European elections.