Overview
- Minister-President Michael Kretschmer and Deputy Premier Petra Köpping presented the CDU–SPD minority as stable and effective after its first year in office.
- The government cited passage of the 2025/2026 double budget, investments in microelectronics, efforts to secure Volkswagen’s future in Saxony, fewer missed school hours, and progress on the broadcasting treaty.
- To pass laws without an absolute majority, the cabinet has relied on a formal consultation mechanism involving all Landtag factions except the AfD, with Kretschmer now open to adjustments.
- Greens and Left acknowledged cooperation but criticized slow, last‑minute processes and demanded earlier involvement, while the AfD denounced the arrangement as illegitimate and stagnant.
- BILD reported internal figures indicating roughly a €4 billion shortfall for the 2027/28 budget, a developing fiscal test that could force new cross-party compromises.