Thuringia's left-wing head of government is loudly promoting an alliance with the BSW and CDU. This is particularly explosive for the Union.
In order to keep the AfD, which is doing well in the polls, under control, the other parties will have to come together for better or worse, even those that are worlds apart. The CDU leadership in Berlin also knows this and is reportedly thinking intensively about it - but doesn't want to talk about it. Before the state elections in the east: CDU in theleft-wing dilemma.