Magdeburg (dpa/sa) – This has never happened before: In the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, six current debates are on the agenda on Wednesday. Each of the six factions submitted a topic. It’s scheduled for around eight hours. The speaking time for each parliamentary group and the state government is ten minutes on each topic.
At the request of the CDU parliamentary group, it is about migration in Germany, the SPD wants to debate the recruitment of skilled workers, the FDP about the chemical industry. The opposition has requested debates on the actions of the protest group “Last Generation” (AfD), on the cancellation of classes in Saxony-Anhalt (Left) and on the World Conference on Nature (Greens).
According to the state parliament administration, each parliamentary group has the right to submit a current debate six times a year. The topics should be “of general and current interest and relate to the competences of the country”.