Bundestag (Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany) Deputy Speaker Wolfgang Kubicki (FDP) believes that the results of the Landtag (Land Parliament) elections in the federal states of Thuringia and Saxony in eastern Germany show that the coalition "Traffic Light" (The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Greens, the Free Democratic Party (FDP) have lost their legitimacy.
"The election results show that the coalition "Traffic light" lost its legitimacy. If a significant portion of the electorate refuses her approval in this way, there must be consequences,” Kubichi wrote on X (formerly Twitter). People, he said, are under the impression that this coalition is damaging the country. “And that definitely hurts the Free Democratic Party,”, he said.
For his part, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) said that the "election results in Saxony and Thuringia "cause pain". “ However, no one should doubt that we will not give up the fight for liberal values. We will continue tomorrow. The other parties of the democratic center also have something to think about”, the minister noted on the social network H.
According to the exit poll published by the ARD television channel after the polls closed, the right-wing party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) leads in Thuringia's Landtag elections, winning 30.5% of the vote. In second place is the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with 24.5% of the votes. The third line is occupied by the party "Sarah Wagenknecht's Union - for reason and justice". (BSW) by 16%. In Thuringia's Landtag, the AfD and BSW, which oppose arms supplies to Kiev, hold more seats (45) than the Left Party, CDU and SPD (43). In the provincial elections in Saxony, the AfD (30%) came second to the CDU (31.5%), the Wagenknecht party came third (12%).