Thuringia
Local politician is running on the AfD and CDU lists
Local elections are taking place in Thuringia on Sunday. photo
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Tickets from AfD and CDU: In the local elections in Thuringia, one candidate is taking a two-pronged approach. He is on the CDU list for a city council election and on the AfD list for the district council election.
The man is neither a member of the CDU nor the AfD, as spokespeople for both parties said when asked. A spokesperson for the Thuringian CDU said they were “in contact with those responsible on site” and were investigating the matter. According to the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior, which is responsible for local elections, such a candidacy on the lists of two parties is permissible.
Entry into the super election year in Thuringia
Local elections are taking place in Thuringia on Sunday. District administrators are elected in 13 of 17 districts and mayors in all five independent cities. In addition, district council, local council and city council elections are planned across the board. In addition, volunteer and full-time mayors are elected in many places. For the Free State, it is the beginning of the super election year, which will be followed by European elections, local runoff elections and the state elections in the fall.
Thuringia’s Left co-chair Ulrike Grosse-Röthig called on Thuringia’s CDU leader Mario Voigt to take a clear position. “If it is possible for the conservatives to run on the AfD ticket at the same time, then Voigt and his party will defend neither the EU, nor Germany, nor Thuringia from the AfD and the enemies of democracy. I expect clear words from them here Voigt and political consequences on site,” she said after a statement.
Voigt has repeatedly emphasized in the past that, in his view, this year’s election campaigns will result in a dispute between the CDU and AfD. The Thuringian AfD is classified and monitored by the state Office for the Protection of the Constitution as definitely right-wing extremist. The CDU categorically rejects any collaboration or agreements with the AfD.