
Nine other MPs want to leave the BSW parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament, including all three ministers. This means the group is on the verge of extinction.
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The BSW parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament originally consisted of 15 representatives and was part of Prime Minister Mario Voigt's coalition.
Düsseldorf, Erfurt. Nine other BSW MPs in Thuringia want to leave the parliamentary group in the state parliament. According to dpa information, all three BSW ministers are also included - Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Katja Wolf, Digital Minister Steffen Schütz and Environment Minister Tilo Kummer.
A few days ago, three members had already left the previously 15-strong parliamentary group and also announced their resignation from the BSW. This means the group is on the verge of extinction.
The previous parliamentary group leader Sigrid Hupach said at a hastily called press conference that the group of MPs was leaving the party. State chairwoman Katja Wolf said the federal party had moved away from the “founding consensus”. There is no longer any common path for them with the Berlin party leadership.
At the beginning of the week, Prime Minister Mario Voigt's (CDU) coalition still had 44 of the 88 votes in the Erfurt state parliament. 15 of them came from BSW. It is still unclear how the now non-attached MPs want to behave in future votes.

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