Government statement - Söder outlines new goals of the state government
Just under two months after the state elections, Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) is set to hold his first government statement of the new legislative period. No details about the content were initially available. However, it is assumed that Söder's speech will cover the state of Bavaria from the present to the goals for the legislative period.
This will be Söder 's 21st government statement since his first election as Minister President in March 2018. During the coronavirus pandemic in particular, he made a large number of government statements to explain the sometimes very drastic interventions in people's everyday lives and fundamental rights. The last time Söder gave a speech on the state government's course was on March 15, 2022, when the war in Ukraine had just begun.
Government statements always give the opposition an opportunity to fundamentally criticize the course of the state government. After the AfD was able to significantly increase its share of the vote in the October election, the right-wing populists are entitled to the opposition's first right to speak for the first time. In the previous legislative period, the Greens had the right of first reply.
In addition, the AfD wants to make another attempt to have a member of its parliamentary group elected Vice President of the state parliament. Since its first entry into the state parliament, the AfD has been insisting that the post be filled, but so far all candidates have failed to receive even close to the required votes in the secret ballots. The AfD sees the non-election as an undemocratic attempt by the other parliamentary groups to deprive it of its rights. In contrast, the CSU, Free Voters, SPD and Greens argue that no MP can be forced to vote for a candidate.
In the constituent session of the state parliament at the end of October, the then AfD candidate for the deputy position, Matthias Vogler, did not even receive all the votes of the AfD MPs present. In the end, he only received 29 votes, but 31 AfD MPs were present.
Overview of government statements
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- The upcoming state election resulted in a significant increase in votes for the AfD, granting them the right to deliver the opposition's first critique during Prime Minister Markus Söder's (CSU) first government statement of the new legislative period.
- Following the state election, the CSU leader, Markus Söder, will present his 21st government declaration, outlining the state government's state of Bavaria and future goals, which may include efforts to combat the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
- In contrast to the Greens, who had the right of first reply in the previous legislative period, the AfD is eager to attempt electing a representative as Vice President of the state parliament, an ambition they have pursued since their initial entry into the state parliament, which has so far been unsuccessful.
- Prime Minister Markus Söder's government declarations have been a vital tool for explaining sometimes extensive interventions in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on everyday life and fundamental rights.
- The state election results led to the AfD member Matthias Vogler failing to secure enough votes to become Vice President of the state parliament, despite having the support of all the party's present MPs, indicating tense relations between the CSU and the AfD in the newly-elected Bavarian legislature.
Source: www.stern.de
