Saxony-Anhalt: Stahlknecht wants to resign as CDU head of state



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An interview about the coalition’s dispute over the radio license has far-reaching consequences for the CDU head of country, Stahlknecht: after losing his post as interior minister, he now also wants to resign the party presidency.

After his dismissal as Minister of the Interior of Saxony-Anhalt, Holger Stahlknecht has also announced his resignation from the position of president of state of the CDU. He wanted to avoid harm to his party, the function, his family and himself, he said in a personal statement. The resignation must take place on December 8, that is, next Tuesday.

In the interview that led to his removal as Minister of the Interior, he, as state president, “gave the current and unequivocal decision-making process of my party, as well as the opinion of my group as a member of the parliamentary group,” he explained. Stahlknecht. This had become necessary due to the “baseless claim” that his party was seeking rapprochement with the AfD,

In the interview, he appealed to the SPD and Greens coalition partners not to allow such a move “and to think of all the threatening consequences.” He maintains his statements, but “the interpretations were developed against the intention”.

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