Thuringia's CDU parliamentary group leader Mario Voigt has ruled out another stability pact with the Left, SPD and Greens.
"There is no longer a stability mechanism, there will no longer be one, we will no longer agree to it," Voigt called to around 150 delegates at a CDU state party conference in Suhl on Saturday.
Suhl - With a view to the current budget negotiations, Voigt said: If the Union is considering approving the budget at all - which is absolutely not clear - it will only be if the municipalities are not “saved up”.
“We don't need cargo bikes, and we don't need democracy programs that feed any leftists,” said Voigt.
The draft budget is to be discussed in the state parliament for the first time next week.
The cabinet had presented it almost two weeks ago.
Accordingly, Thuringia must dissolve all of the country's financial reserves - despite expected additional tax income of around 200 million euros.
This is the only way to finance the budget without new loans, explained Finance Minister Heike Taubert (SPD).
The government draft has a volume of 12.03 billion euros.
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