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SPD leader in favor of constitutional change in Thuringia

SPD leader and Interior Minister Georg Maier is calling for a constitutional amendment to clearly regulate the election of the Minister President in Thuringia in future. The passage stating that the third round of voting determines who has the most yes votes creates a lot of uncertainty, Maier...

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Thuringia's SPD leader and Minister of the Interior Georg Maier at the state party conference in....aussiedlerbote.de
Thuringia's SPD leader and Minister of the Interior Georg Maier at the state party conference in Meiningen. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

National party conference - SPD leader in favor of constitutional change in Thuringia

SPD leader and Interior Minister Georg Maier is calling for a constitutional amendment to clearly regulate the election of the Minister President in Thuringia in future. The passage stating that the third round of voting determines who has the most yes votes creates a lot of uncertainty, Maier said at a state party conference in Meiningen on Saturday. Thuringia should base any changes on regulations in other federal states such as Saxony.

In his opinion, this also applies to a limit on the duration of government formation as well as a passage according to which the state parliament is deemed dissolved if no prime minister is elected within a certain number of months. A new state parliament will be elected in Thuringia next year. According to representative polls, there are signs of a difficult majority situation once again. There has been a red-red-green minority government in Thuringia since 2020, which is dependent on compromises with the opposition for all laws and motions in the state parliament and runs the risk of being outvoted by the CDU, AfD and FDP.

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  1. Georg Maier, the SPD leader and Interior Minister, advocated for a constitutional amendment in Thuringia to clarify the election process of the Minister President, citing the current third-round vote method as creating uncertainty.
  2. During a state party conference in Meiningen, Maier suggested adopting regulations from other federal states, like Saxony, for a limit on government formation duration and a rule for dissolving the state parliament if no prime minister is elected within a certain time frame.
  3. Georg Maier's proposal for a constitutional change follows the difficult majority situation in Thuringia, where a red-red-green minority government, dependent on opposition compromises for all laws, faces the risk of being outvoted by the CDU, AfD, and FDP.
  4. In the upcoming state parliament election in Thuringia next year, aspirants for the role of prime minister, including potential SPD candidates, will need to consider the constitutional amendment and its potential impact on the political landscape.

Source: www.stern.de

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