Party disputes: BSW special party conference on the course in Thuringia
Internal row in the BSW: While the federal leadership wants to withdraw from the coalition in Thuringia, the state party wants to continue. Now a special party conference is to clarify the issue.
The German party BSW will hold an extraordinary congress to resolve internal disputes over its participation in the Thuringian government. The party's state board has decided to convene the congress after four district associations submitted requests. BSW will not follow the federal board's decision to withdraw from the coalition and negotiate an expert government.
The party is divided between founder Sahra Wagenknecht, who opposes the coalition, and Thuringia's state leader Katja Wolf, who supports it. Two BSW lawmakers, Anke Wirsing and Sven Küntzel, have announced they will no longer support CDU Minister-President Voigt.
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