Ex-BSW members found new party “Thüringen.Gerecht” with Katja Wolf as chairwoman

Erfurt. After leaving the BSW in Thuringia, ex-members founded the new party “Thüringen.Gerecht”. The former BSW regional head and finance minister Katja Wolf was elected chairwoman, as founding members announced in Erfurt.

Just in the past few days, almost all members of the BSW parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament had left the party. On Friday, ten MPs and the entire state executive board announced their resignation from the BSW; on Wednesday, three members of the parliamentary group, which previously had 15 MPs, had already resigned.

But the group still exists, emphasized group leader Sigrid Hupach. They want to discuss what happens next at a group meeting next week.

With the new party “Thüringen.Gerecht”, the state government of Prime Minister Mario Voigt (CDU) could hope for new parliamentary support. After the break with the BSW, Katja Wolf emphasized that she would continue to stand by the state government and the existing coalition agreement with the CDU and SPD.

According to Wolf, the main trigger for the break was the course of the federal party. The BSW has moved away from the “founding consensus,” she said. She no longer sees a common path with the Berlin party leadership. People would not have chosen the BSW for “flirting with right-wing radicals”.