⚡️ Saxony-Anhalt: AfD and BSW have apparently reached an agreement on leadership posts in the new state parliament

After several rounds of negotiations between the AfD and BSW, there has been a first concrete success. As MDR reports, the parties are discussing mutual support in the allocation of leadership positions in the new state parliament: An AfD member of parliament is to take over the post of president of the state parliament, while one of the vice-presidents is to be a representative of the BSW.

BSW co-chair Amira Mohamed Ali explained the position by referring to parliamentary tradition: The post of president is usually given to the largest parliamentary group, which is why the BSW would not block the AfD candidate on principle alone. Tino Chrupalla, for his part, said that mutual support in the election of the state parliament presidents could contribute to building “trusting relations” between the parties. Together, the AfD and BSW have 44 of the 83 seats—a simple majority.

There is, however, a legal detail: Under the current rules of procedure, the BSW is not one of the three largest parliamentary groups and therefore has no independent right to nominate a vice-president. A mechanism that would make it possible to get the candidate elected has not yet been established. In addition, the vote will be secret.

There is still no coalition between the AfD and BSW. But for the first time since the election, cooperation between the two parties could materialize not only in statements, but also in the concrete allocation of key parliamentary posts.


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