- Ramelow expresses interest in aiding in the establishment of a new administration.
Thuringia's Lead Governor Bodo Ramelow is willing to aid in establishing a government if needed by other parties, as per the difficult election outcomes. He affirmatively stated in Erfurt, "I'll do whatever it takes to achieve a majority government." He didn't close the door on potentially tolerating a potential CDU, BSW, and SPD alliance. "I don't have to make guesses," he told dpa.
The election outcome has resulted in a parliamentary stalemate between a potential three-party coalition and the Left and AfD. This has set democratic parties some challenges. "I'm all for finding solutions and not practicing exclusionism," Ramelow mentioned.
Thuringia's State Chancellor Minister Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff (from the Left) went beyond Ramelow's remarks. He urged the CDU to reconsider its past refusal to collaborate with the Left. Hoff told RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), "Mario Voigt's strategy of labeling the AfD and the Left as two extremist political poles, from both the right and left, and demonizing Bodo Ramelow, was politically flawed from the start."
Thuringia's Left party chief Christian Schaft didn't reject a tolerance model. The condition for this would be for the CDU to reconsider its congress party resolution that bans any collaboration with the Left. Should tolerance talks or similar be necessary, Schaft and his party would engage in such discussions, as told to dpa.
Bodo Ramelow, Thuringia's Lead Governor, reiterated his willingness to aid in forming a majority government if needed, saying, "I'll do whatever it takes to achieve a majority government." His remarks also included the possibility of tolerating a potential CDU, BSW, and SPD alliance.
In response to Bodo Ramelow's remarks, Thuringia's State Chancellor Minister Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff urged the CDU to reconsider its past refusal to collaborate with the Left, stating, "Mario Voigt's strategy of labeling the AfD and the Left as two extremist political poles, and demonizing Bodo Ramelow, was politically flawed from the start."
