After the election in Saxony-Anhalt: Greens approach Wagenknecht party

The Greens in Saxony-Anhalt are open to the BSW's proposal to elect a non-partisan candidate to the office of Prime Minister. Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz, the party's top candidate for the state elections last Sunday, told the taz on Tuesday: "Some people have put forward the idea of ​​an independent prime minister who does not belong to a party and who governs the country without a coalition. That is a very unusual idea. But it would not fail because of us. We are ready to talk."

The alternatives are an AfD-led government or a stalemate in which no new head of government is elected. An independent candidate is "the last straw if we want to prevent both a fascist government and a blockade in the country. We were elected for the first, the second would also be bad for the country."

However, the Greens do not want to make their own personnel proposal at the moment. “It’s not up to us at this point,” said Sziborra-Seidlitz. “It is important that the CDU sorts itself out and possibly makes a proposal or that a proposal comes from the BSW.”

It is not about appointments beyond the person of the Prime Minister. "It's not up to us to hold coalition talks with anyone. At this point, I don't think the BSW is reliable enough either," said Sziborra-Seidlitz.

The new state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt consists of 83 members. To elect the Prime Minister, an absolute majority of 42 votes is required in the first two rounds of voting; after that, a simple majority is sufficient. The AfD has 39 seats - as many as the CDU, SPD, Greens and Left combined. The BSW parliamentary group with its 5 MPs could therefore play a decisive role in forming a government.