According to projections, the party will have a blocking minority with more than a third of the seats in the Thuringia state parliament – with the necessary minimum of 30 parliamentary seats out of a total of 88 seats. In Saxony, however, it could be tight: there the party would have to occupy more than 40 of a total of 120 parliamentary seats. If the AfD has a blocking minority, certain state laws that have to be decided by a two-thirds majority of all MPs could not be passed without the right-wing parliamentarians.
Allocation of posts problematic
In Saxony and Thuringia, as in other federal states, constitutional judges and the heads of the state audit offices are elected with a two-thirds majority of all parliamentarians. Certain posts could therefore not be filled without the AfD’s approval. In addition, the state parliaments could not dissolve themselves.
According to the Rules of Procedure of the Thuringian State Parliament, a President of Parliament or his deputies can only be voted out by two thirds of all MPs. Members of the Judicial Election Committee, which decides on the appointment of judges for life in the Free State, must be elected by two thirds of the MPs present at the plenary session when the decision is made.
In Saxony, among other things, chairmen of individual parliamentary committees could only be removed from office by at least two-thirds of parliament.
