Before the election, the CDU had consistently ruled out a coalition with the left. In the "ARD Morgenmagazin" Thuringia's CDU lead candidate Mike Mohring responded to the question of whether the CDU would go with the left in a government something more open: "We are ready for such a responsibility, first have to explore, what does that mean for Thuringia. For me, stable conditions are more important for the country than just party-political interests. "
Will the CDU now enter into a coalition with the Left Party? Mohring said he did not want to reject a call for proposals from the outset. He reiterated that for the first time the political center no longer has its own majority. In this new situation, the CDU had the task of dealing with the result in a responsible manner, above all because it was able to win all 21 seats through the direct votes of the constituencies.
Kramp-Karrenbauer: Decision on AfD and Left Party is in place
Of course, he is in talks with the Prime Minister of the country. It was about the interests of the country, about what was possible at all: "If the CDU refused to do all that, they would not live up to their responsibilities."
The party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer stressed that the coalition with AfD and Left Party, the decision of the federal party inventory. But she also knew that Mohring wanted to talk to Bodo Ramelow. What happens then, will show.
The CDU board had previously renewed the existing decision on the incompatibility of cooperation with the Left Party. Union-Mittelstandschef Carsten Linnemann had requested that on the board of his party.
CDU parliamentary group Heym: CDU, AfD and FDP "should not be excluded"
The left was happy the day after the election about their historic electoral success. Landesvorsitzende der Linken, Susanne Henning-Welsow, said: "31 percent means: We are a people's party in Thuringia."
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Michael Heym, CDU Vice-faction leader in the parliament: "AfD, CDU and FDP I think that should not be excluded from the outset"
Commenting on Mohring's offer of talks, Henning-Welsow said: "Mr. Mohring's offer does not surprise me at all, we said we will talk to all democratic parties." But at the CDU just was not clear how to go on.
The CDU member of parliament and vice-group leader Michael Heym, however, did not rule out a coalition with the AfD. "One does not do democracy a favor, if one beats a quarter of the electorate," said Heym the news agency dpa. "Calculated, it is enough for an alliance of AfD, CDU and FDP. I think that should not be excluded from the outset." Previously, the MDR had reported on it.
Heym also indirectly criticized his Thuringian party leader Mohring. One must speak with all parties. Mohring had a possible cooperation with the left but in public without having voted in the committees.