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The topic of the day: Thuringia after the election
Thuringia has chosen. Anyone who governs in the Free State in the future, however, is uncertain. The result complicates the formation of a government. Although the left of Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow have made a historic victory. However, the red-red-green coalition has lost its majority. (All results at a glance can be found here.)
It would be quite possible: a minority government of red-red-green as well as a coalition of the CDU and the Left or one of the Left, the Greens, the SPD and the FDP. After all: Ramelow has already promised on election night to talk to all democratic parties.
But not everyone wants that. The Liberals have already rejected a possible alliance. Remains the union. The had to take heavy losses, but could purely mathematically govern both in an alliance with AfD and FPD and together with the left.
Jörg Carstensen / DPA
Even on election night, the Union had repeatedly ruled out any cooperation with the AfD and the Left. Now, however, there is movement in the party. CDU country chief Mike Mohring toying with Ramelow, faction vice Michael Heym, however, with the AfD. However, party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer refers in both cases to the decision of the federal party - which has just been renewed. But she also sees: talks are first of all Mohrings thing.
He justified his willingness to talk with the left with the responsibility of the party: For the first time, the political center in the election received no majority. He said "stable conditions are more important for the country than just party-political interests." A minority government would be unstable in the long term.
A rapprochement with the left would be new territory for the Union and should inspire party-internal discussions - also over whether Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is the right chairman. An alliance with the AfD is unlikely to be discussed seriously despite Heym's advance. The Thuringian vice faction leader is with his statement so far pretty much alone.
The number of the day: 120,000
That's the approximate number of watches Deutsche Bahn has to change twice a year. On the weekend, however, it has come to a breakdown. At Munich's main station, not all clocks jumped to winter time. This caused confusion for travelers.
News: What you need to know today
- EU states agree on Brexit extension: By the end of January, the British should be deferred, said Council President Donald Tusk. Now there must be a formal agreement.
- Court allows psychiatric report in Marc Dutroux case: He murdered three people in the mid-nineties and is considered the most dangerous criminal in Belgium - now his lawyers have managed a stage victory on the way to early release.
- BKA warns against the spread of child pornography videos among young people: "We have to massively counteract a de minimis of these crimes," said the head of the BKA Department of Gravity and Organized Crime, Sabine Vogt. Previously, there had been raids in eleven states.
- Extermination in Chile ended: After subway tickets became more expensive, hundreds of thousands of social reform Chileans took to the streets in recent days. Now President Piñera has lifted the state of emergency again.
Opinion: The most discussed comments
Where is the center of society? - In Thuringia, the electoral losers of the CDU and SPD complain about the emigration of voters to the borders. In fact, the two former people's parties are now on the edge, writes Stefan Kuzmany in his commentary.
A runoff election in Thuringia? - That suggests at least Harald Schmidt in today's video column. Voters should then decide between Bodo Ramelow from the left and Björn Höcke from the AfD.
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Stories: The most read texts at SPIEGEL +
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The amazing career of "farmer Willi": the small farmer Wilhelm Kremer-Schilling scolds about consumers and environmental requirements. That made him an internet star.
My evening: the recommendations for your end of workday
Feel at home in your home! - That is sometimes not so easy knows residential psychologist Inka Aniol. In the podcast "Smarter Life" she gives tips on how to make a lot out of a small apartment and how to recognize what is really important in setting it up.
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You would rather spend the evening with your children than over the floor plan of the apartment? Then here are some tips on how to make a relaxed evening with your little ones.
I wish you a nice finishing time.
warmly
Anna-Sophie Schneider from the Daily Team
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