Although the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt has worked with the Left party on a parliamentary reform, it says it wants nothing to do with any cooperation with the party. “A substantive collaboration with a leftist party that wants to replace the social market economy with socialism is, for us, out of the question” CDU parliamentary group leader Guido Heuer told the Spiegel.
In the state parliament in Magdeburg, the CDU, Left, SPD, FDP, and Greens drafted an extensive law for more than a year. The package is meant to safeguard the constitution court and the functioning of the parliament against constitutional enemies. The state election is scheduled for September, and polls put the AfD at about 40%.
The law package, which will be debated in the parliament this Thursday, prepares the state’s democracy for “more complex majority situations” Heuer explained. “We have primarily set out organisational and procedural rules that require a two‑thirds majority in the Landtag”.
The Left, which could play a pivotal role in forming a government after the election, sees the agreements differently. “The cooperation was constructive” parliamentary manager Stefan Gebhardt said to the Spiegel. “There is now a robust democracy‑protection law, and that is a hopeful sign for the future”.
