No GDR conditions: Saxony's Prime Minister Kretschmer rejects Robert Habeck. Greens and CDU work together to weaken the debt brake.

Habecker's attempt to join forces with the CDU is all about the upcoming state elections in September. In Thuringia, the AfD was at a record high in MDR surveys in July. According to this survey, the left had the biggest losses (12 percent) in the left-wing vote.