According to police reports, the cross marked on several postal ballots was covered over and the vote for the small right-wing extremist party Free Saxony was marked instead.
As of Tuesday afternoon, around 130 of the documents were fake, affecting four electoral districts in which the Free Saxons had performed remarkably well. Overall, the party received 2.2 percent in the election and failed to enter the state parliament.
CDU: What is your position on the “Left”?
In Thuringia, meanwhile, the CDU’s rejection of cooperation with the Left Party could be softened. For now, Thuringia’s CDU leader Mario Voigt has signaled his willingness to hold talks with current Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (Left Party) about the 2025 budget.
The formation of a government in Thuringia, where the right-wing extremist AfD came first with 32.8 percent, is even more complicated than in Saxony. A coalition of the CDU, the Sahra Wagenknecht coalition and the SPD has just under a majority with 44 of 88 seats in the state parliament. Most recently, the leader of the Left Party, Ramelow, offered to provide a majority.
However, the CDU has so far ruled out coalitions with both the AfD and the Left Party. CDU federal leader Friedrich Merz stressed that this decision still applies to the Left Party.