Minority government: SPD wants to talk to CDU in Saxony

The SPD has accepted the CDU's offer of talks on the formation of a minority government in Saxony. "Responsibility for our state and its people demands this," said the two chairpersons Kathrin Michel and Henning Homann. Especially on the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the following applies: first the state, then the party.

On Thursday, the SPD state parliamentary group and the state executive of the SPD Saxony - as well as the corresponding committees of the CDU - are to meet to discuss the results of the talks. The offer of talks came from the Saxon CDU after a meeting of its state executive, as the party announced on the "X" platform.

Sounding for "blackberry coalition" failed

On Wednesday, the exploratory talks for a governing coalition between the CDU, BSW and SPD failed. The BSW announced that the talks had been broken off without result after no agreement was reached on the peace formula, migration policy and finances.

Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) blamed BSW federal chairwoman Sahra Wagenknecht for the failure. As the CDU has ruled out coalitions with the AfD and the Left, a minority government now remains the most likely option.