BSW rebel on Thuringian coalition crisis: "Mario Voigt should step down":
Two Thuringian BSW members of parliament are demanding the resignation of CDU ...
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Thuringian BSW lawmakers demand Voigt’s resignationTwo BSW lawmakers seek a change over Voigt’s plagiarism affair; Anke Wirsing has not disclosed her response to an AfD motion.
- Anke Wirsing and Sven Küntzel oppose the BSW group’s decision to continue the coalition with Mario Voigt.
- Wirsing says Voigt should resign over the plagiarism affair and make way for another candidate.
- Wirsing left open how she would vote on an announced AfD no-confidence motion and ruled nothing out.
- Four district associations are demanding a special party conference; Wirsing will support any majority decision by the grassroots.
It would be good if Mario Voigt stepped aside so the CDU could nominate another candidate.— Anke Wirsing, BSW member and Thüringen state parliamentarian, in an interview with Focus Online
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Thuringia: Wagenknecht confidante wants to preserve coalition in Thuringia: Anke Wirsing is considered a supporter of the BSW federal executive board in the ...
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"I won't completely oppose the coalition": Wagenknecht's representative backtracks in the BSW dispute
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