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When it comes to the Tour de France, the Saxon state parliament also gets on the pedals. According to the will of the parliament, the Free State should campaign for the start of the Tour in 2030.
Saxony must save money. This is also evident in the state's current budget. It sets priorities in some areas, which also leads to disappointment in others.
Following the adoption of the double budget, the state parliament will once again turn its attention to other topics. Debates are planned, for example, on the repayment of coronavirus aid, energy policy and the protection of demonstrations.
Following the adoption of the double budget, the state parliament will once again turn its attention to other topics. Debates are planned on topics such as the repayment of coronavirus aid, energy policy and the protection of demonstrations.
The time of uncertainty is over in Saxony: After a long back and forth, the Free State now has a budget for this year and next. This would not have been possible without votes from the opposition.
Following the adoption of the double budget, the state parliament will once again turn its attention to other topics. Debates are planned on topics such as the repayment of coronavirus aid, energy policy and the protection of demonstrations.
"Habemus budget" was the headline in the Saxon media when the agreement for the double budget was finalized. In fact, the CDU, SPD, Greens and Left Party created white smoke. Now the budget is ready to be voted on.
There is only one thing that unites the parliamentary groups in the Saxon state parliament during the budget debate: concern for the future. Otherwise, they are engaged in a verbal exchange of blows.
Since the government no longer has its own majority, a different tone has prevailed in the Saxon state parliament. This is also evident in the debate on the state's double budget.
Protest against the imprisonment of non-binary Maja T. in Hungary: The Saxon state parliament has to interrupt its session because the visitors' gallery suddenly gets loud.
Saxony does not yet have a budget for the current year. The state parliament is due to make a final decision on the double budget for 2025/2026 on Wednesday and Thursday. A compromise makes it possible.
What once seemed unthinkable in Saxony is now possible in times of a minority coalition. The CDU also agrees to a motion by the Left Party. It is about a demand that the CDU/CSU has always had.
Nuclear power heats things up. This also became clear during a debate in the Saxon state parliament. The occasion was plans from the neighboring Czech Republic.
Just before the summer break, Saxony's parliamentarians need to sit tight. For four days, the MPs will be debating. The double budget is also on the agenda.
Saxony is to receive a budget for the years 2025 and 2026 this week. It is already clear that the controversial debate about the direction of the Free State will continue.
White smoke from four parliamentary groups: After a long back and forth, Saxony's double budget for 2025/2026 has been approved. Only the state parliament still has to give its consent.
White smoke from four parliamentary groups: After a long back and forth, Saxony's double budget for 2025/2026 has been approved. Only the state parliament still has to give its consent.
The AfD links approval of the budget to three key issues. It wants to enter into talks with the CDU on these issues.
The state parliament is facing a difficult budget debate. There are countless amendments and protests against planned cuts, including from the cultural sector - the minister is fighting back.
During the coronavirus pandemic, the state granted companies emergency aid. The companies must provide proof of need. Otherwise, repayments are due. This is causing criticism.
The CDU-SPD minority coalition wants to adopt the double budget for 2025/2026 in June. This will not succeed without the opposition. And they are driving the price up.
The jubilant weeks of 1. FC Lok Leipzig continue. After winning the regional league championship, the club also wins the cup. At FC Erzgebirge, on the other hand, things are looking up.
The jubilant weeks of 1. FC Lok Leipzig continue. After winning the regional league championship, the club also wins the cup. FC Erzgebirge, on the other hand, suffered their next disappointment.
In its draft budget, the government has also made cuts in the social sector. If the planned cuts go ahead, there is a risk that established structures will disappear, warn representatives.
In some federal states, cell phones are already banned in elementary school. The new Federal Education Minister also thinks this is right. However, Saxony's state parliament does not want to regulate this by law.
The AfD wants to discuss deficits in the fire department and chooses a modified nursery rhyme for the debate title: "Tatütata, the fire department is not there - why?" The debate is controversial.
Some already see the project in the same league as major construction disasters such as Berlin's BER airport: the planned prison in Zwickau. Saxony, together with Thuringia, has a problem construction site there.
Saxony's Minister of Culture Conrad Clemens is to stand trial for a traffic offense. The state parliament has lifted the MP's immunity for this.
If you don't have a home, you can't protect yourself from wind and weather, illness or violence. The number of people affected is also increasing in Saxony.
"The blacks have to die out so that the whites have it better": this is how a CDU politician quotes a Saxon primary school pupil. There are repeated cases of right-wing extremism in schools.
The state parliament in Saxony convenes for its May plenary session. A wealth of topics are on the agenda for two days. Economics Minister Panter is the focus of the first day.
Saxony's government has already factored tax forecasts into its draft budget. That is why the tax estimate figures for Saxony are not so bad. The reactions vary.
No one is too young to learn. Girls and boys should already be well prepared for school in daycare centers.
The parliamentary committee of inquiry of the Saxon state parliament hears renowned virologists as experts. Christian Drosten also talks about the role of science and politics.
Just a few years ago, every tax estimate exceeded the previous one by far. But those days are over. Lower revenues than expected must now be expected.
The parliamentary committee of inquiry hears renowned virologists as witnesses and experts. On Friday, it is Christian Drosten's turn.
Music schools are not only under severe cost pressure in Saxony. The AfD fears that soon only higher earners will be able to send their children to lessons.
Saxony has had painful experiences with forest fires in recent years. The fact that the Saxon government now wants to make savings on fire protection, of all things, is met with displeasure.
The parliamentary committee of inquiry of the state parliament hears renowned virologists as witnesses and experts. Now it is Christian Drosten's turn.
The tablecloth between the Saxon Greens and their former coalition partner, the CDU, seems to have finally been cut. Green Party leader Wolfram Günther draws a sobering conclusion.
The Saxon double budget for 2025/2026 is scheduled to be passed by the state parliament in June. The coalition needs votes from the opposition for this. But they are making many demands.
The Sahra Wagenknecht alliance in Saxony only wants to agree to the double budget if the minority government makes significant changes. At its core, the BSW is concerned with investments.
The state helped companies financially during the coronavirus pandemic. Some small companies in particular feel overwhelmed by the repayment. The Greens are therefore calling for a remedy.
The budget negotiations are considered difficult due to the lack of a majority in the governing coalition. The SPD parliamentary group leader makes it clear where his group stands on new loans.
Christiane Schenderlein from Taucha becomes Minister of State in the Merz cabinet and takes over the area of sport and volunteering. She is one of two CDU members from eastern Germany.
Saxony's Minister of Culture Conrad Clemens is to stand trial for a traffic offense. However, the state parliament must first decide whether to waive his immunity.
Saxony's municipalities are facing financial difficulties. The best way to solve the problem is controversial. There is only agreement that something needs to be done.
The Saxon generation fund is intended to cushion the state's future pension burdens for its civil servants. The government now wants to reduce the allocations in order to plug holes in the budget.
The Saxon generation fund is intended to cushion the state's future pension burdens for its civil servants. The government now wants to reduce the allocations in order to plug holes in the budget.
The Saxon generation fund is intended to cushion the state's future pension burdens for its civil servants. The government now wants to reduce the allocations in order to plug holes in the budget.
In Saxony, a parliamentary committee of inquiry is also looking into the coronavirus pandemic. Prominent virologists are also being questioned there.
In Saxony, a parliamentary committee of inquiry is also looking into the coronavirus pandemic. Prominent virologists are also being questioned there.
The Saxon state parliament is due to pass a new double budget by the summer break. However, the coalition of CDU and SPD does not have a majority - and there is a debate about new debt.
Teachers in Saxony are fighting back against planned reforms by the Ministry of Education. With their protest, they are increasing the pressure on the state government and demanding to be heard.
More money for employees, a heavy burden for Saxony's local authorities: the new wage agreement will cost them hundreds of millions of euros. Why the municipalities are resisting - and implementing the agreement anyway.
Objections to the results of an election are possible. Citizens in Saxony also make use of this option. After the state election on September 1, 2024, 13 objections were received.
Even a finance minister does not have a heart of stone, says Saxony's head of department Christian Piwarz. In view of the cash situation, however, painful decisions had to be made in the draft budget.
It is about more than just a state budget. The deliberations and the decision on the double budget will show whether the consultation mechanism of the Saxon minority government works.
Extremely difficult budget negotiations are looming in Saxony. One point of contention is the federal government's relaxation of the debt brake at state level.
There is a legal entitlement to educational leave in 14 federal states - only Bavaria and Saxony are still missing. The Saxon state parliament is now dealing with a popular motion on the subject.
With every pension increase, more pensioners slip into tax liability. The BSW wants to prevent this and is calling on the Saxon government to support initiatives at federal level.
Some are calling for a clear commitment to e-cars, while others do not want to write off the combustion engine. There are differing views in the state parliament about the prospects for the industry.
The current hour in the Saxon state parliament is reserved for urgent issues. The March plenary session of parliament is no exception to this rule.
The majority in the Saxon state parliament deems a member of parliament unacceptable to head a parliamentary committee. It has now been decided to vote him out of office.
The Saxon minority government is dependent on votes from the opposition to gain a majority. For the first time, the Left Party has the opportunity to get its own projects through the state parliament.
Until now, Italy has not been regarded as a paragon of an efficient construction industry. But now Saxony in particular has a massive problem with dilapidated bridges and is looking south with respect.
Saxony's minority government is planning a Saxony Fund. Among other things, it is intended to absorb the special fund adopted by the federal government and stand for a long-term investment strategy.
In future, it will be exciting to see who votes with whom on which motions and laws in the Saxon state parliament. With six parties and one non-attached MP, there are no longer any clear dividing lines.
With its motion, the AfD wanted to call on the state government to reject the financial package in the Bundesrat. There was no majority for this.
The CDU/CSU, SPD and Greens want to amend the constitution to allow more debt for investments. The AfD parliamentary groups in Saxony want to prevent this.
Can a coalition vote for or against something in the Bundesrat if it does not have a majority in the state parliament itself? This is the question facing a minority government, as is currently the case in Saxony.
A man from Saxony is said to have prepared an explosives attack on an asylum shelter in Senftenberg. Right-wing structures come into focus. Other cases are also causing uncertainty.
Following a parliamentary committee of inquiry, a commission of inquiry in Saxony will also look into the coronavirus pandemic.
In the virologist's view, there has been a lack of systematic scientific observation during the coronavirus pandemic. He identifies data gaps in the assessment of measures, for example.
In Saxony, there are two bodies investigating the coronavirus pandemic - a parliamentary committee of inquiry and a commission of inquiry. A prominent witness is now testifying in the committee.
The inclusion of children from migrant families in everyday school life is a challenge. Preparatory classes are intended to make this easier. Saxony wants to step up the pace.
The tight budgets of local authorities are a perennial issue in Saxony's politics. Now a commission of experts is to submit proposals to solve the problem.
All parliamentary groups in the state parliament want more housing construction and less bureaucracy for new builds. However, possible ways out of the misery are judged differently.
On the day of Dresden's destruction in the Second World War, the Saxon State Parliament commemorates all the victims of this war. Dresden calls for reconciliation and peace.
The Saxon state parliament is focusing on an important consumer issue. The current hour will focus on affordable housing.
Governing without its own majority: Saxony's minority government made up of the CDU and SPD is dependent on votes from the opposition for projects. A special mechanism is intended to make this possible.
On February 13 every year, the people of Dresden commemorate the destruction of their city during the Second World War. But the focus is not only on the past.
In the state parliament in Dresden, an important course is to be set for the parliament's cooperation with the CDU-SPD minority government. Head of government Kretschmer wants to "boldly break new ground".
Saxony's municipalities are financially strapped. According to the AfD and the Free Voters, an expert commission is now to present proposals for new municipal financing.
Saxony's minority government of CDU and SPD is dependent on ten votes from the opposition to achieve a majority. A consultation mechanism is intended to ensure this. But there are clear demands.
The traditional Görlitz wagon factory is facing a turning point. Recently, there have been increasing indications that the plant will produce armaments in the future. Soon there will be clarity.
AfD politician Alexander Wiesner is to head the Committee for Constitution, Law and Europe in the state parliament according to his party's wishes. However, there is resistance from other parliamentary groups.
AfD politician Alexander Wiesner is to head the Committee for Constitution, Law and Europe in the state parliament according to his party's wishes. However, there is resistance from other parliamentary groups.
For two years now, people in Saxony have been able to request information from the authorities on draft legislation, studies or reports, for example. The commissioner wants to extend this right.
The CDU and SPD are dependent on the votes of other parties to pass resolutions. The minority government therefore wants to involve all parliamentary groups. The AfD doubts the seriousness of the proposal.
A committee of inquiry in the state parliament is to investigate the criticism of the Saxon government during the coronavirus pandemic. There is already disagreement over formalities.
In Saxony, two committees are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic - a parliamentary committee of inquiry and a commission of inquiry. The committee of inquiry is now starting its work.
In the Saxon state parliament, the first session of the new year is all about personnel. The parliamentary bodies and committees are elected and filled.
Four and a half months after the state parliamentary elections, the Saxon parliament wants to elect and fill all bodies and committees. This means that all sections of the state parliament are finally operational.
After the failure of a joint government alliance with the CDU and SPD, the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance now wants to work constructively in opposition. First plans have been set.
For the first time, Saxony's CDU-SPD government does not have its own majority. At the New Year's reception, State Parliament President Alexander Dierks explains what this means for the parliament.
There have been repeated debates on the war in Ukraine in the Saxon state parliament. It quickly became emotional. A debate in the last session of the state parliament in 2024 was no exception.
The Saxon state parliament has unanimously appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate the coronavirus pandemic. This was a first for the state parliament.
Saxony is proud of its rich culture. However, many cultural institutions are also under pressure due to tight budgets.
The new Saxon government is ready to work. The ministers only have to be sworn in by the state parliament.