Richtungsstreit: BSW-Sonderparteitag zum Kurs in Thüringen
Interne Streitigkeiten im BSW: Während die Bundesspitze den Ausstieg aus der Koalition in Thüringen will, will die Landespartei weitermachen. Nun soll ein Sonderparteitag das Thema klären.
The BSW plans to clarify its internal conflict over its participation in the Thuringian government at a special party congress. The BSW Land Party Executive decided to convene an "extraordinary special party congress" based on proposals from four regional associations, the party reported. They also decided not to follow the decision of the BSW's central executive, to withdraw from the Thuringian coalition government and to begin negotiations for an expert government.
The BSW governs Thuringia together with the CDU and SPD in a so-called "bromberry coalition". The dispute revolves around a direction: between BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht and Thuringian Land Chief Katja Wolf, who is also Land Finance Minister. Wagenknecht has long disliked the government participation in Thuringia. Instead, she advocates for the model of a "cross-party" government chairman, who governs with changing majorities, involving the AfD.
Wagenknecht had already brought up the idea of a Land special party congress in this ongoing dispute. The escalation is due to the decision of TU Chemnitz to renounce Minister-President Voigt's doctorate (CDU). The BSW's central executive, led by Wagenknecht, had therefore asked the Thuringian BSW parliamentarians last week not to support the government chief any more.
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