Overview
- CDU, SPD and FDP state boards are meeting Monday to decide whether to keep their coalition in place to enable the switch at the top.
- The parties are expected to commit in writing that the existing coalition agreement remains valid and that the current allocation of ministries stays unchanged.
- If the partners confirm the arrangement, Sven Schulze could be elected minister-president by the Landtag in late January.
- Reiner Haseloff has signaled readiness for an early handover, while he and Schulze have not issued detailed public statements on the plan.
- The move is driven by concern over polls showing the AfD near 40% in the state, with coalition figures framing the decision as an act of state responsibility.