Left wants to help CDU’s Mario Voigt in Thuringia’s Minister-President election. This was said by Left’s state leader Christian Schaft on Thursday, just before the election.
“Our votes are a vote of confidence, but not a blank check” the Left politician said. “We will evaluate the proposals of the ‘Brombeere’ according to our political standards and seek majorities.” The decision was made to end the ‘blackmail potential’ of the AfD.
The state parliament has a total of 88 members – the new ‘Brombeer coalition’ of CDU, SPD, and BSW has a combined 44 parliamentary seats and therefore no majority of its own. Due to the difficult seat distribution, the election was expected with suspense. However, the Left’s announcement may well be enough to succeed in the first round of voting.