Kretschmer: "Governing without a majority should remain the exception"

In the view of Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer, minority governments are not the norm. "Governing without a majority should remain the exception," he told Handelsblatt. How successful this will be remains to be seen. A minority government would have to be carefully considered.

After the failure of the exploratory talks with the BSW, the CDU and SPD want to discuss the formation of a minority government at the beginning of next week. The Social Democrats accepted a corresponding offer of talks from the CDU on Saturday. The exploratory talks with the BSW ended last Wednesday. As the CDU has ruled out coalitions with the AfD and the Left Party, a minority government now remains the most likely option.

Kretschmer emphasized his preference for a government with its own majority to the Handelsblatt newspaper. This would be "of great value". The CDU does not stigmatize other parties and wants to take responsibility, he said. "The BSW, or rather Sahra Wagenknecht, was not prepared to do this."