Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer has called on the federal government to find a solution to the refugee issue. The CDU politician said in the state parliament on Wednesday that migration figures must be significantly reduced and the issue pacified. The population expects this. In the draft of its government program for the new legislative period, the Saxon Union is calling for a "breathing upper limit" on migration of 60,000 people per year in Germany. For Saxony, this would mean taking in around 3,000 refugees.
At the beginning of a government statement, Kretschmer addressed the results of the European elections. "This European election was a protest election." This was bitter, he said, because the European elections were also central to concerns in Saxony. It was not a good political style to leave central issues to one side and not find a solution. It used to be possible to find compromises across party lines. "There can be no simple 'business as usual' after this election result."
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