Overview
- Katja Wolf secured 61 votes to remain Thuringian BSW state chair, defeating Sahra Wagenknecht-backed candidate Anke Wirsing, who received 35 votes.
- Gernot Süßmuth was elected co-chair of the Thuringian BSW, succeeding Steffen Schütz, who withdrew his candidacy amid tensions with the federal leadership.
- BSW Generalsekretär Christian Leye affirmed continued dialogue with the Thuringian branch, despite strategic disagreements over the separation of party and government roles.
- The leadership outcome is seen as stabilizing the fragile CDU-SPD-BSW coalition in Thuringia, which lacks a parliamentary majority.
- CDU and CSU plan to announce their ministerial nominees for the new federal government on Monday, following ongoing SPD membership voting on the coalition agreement.