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Erfurt (dpa) - From the point of view of Thuringia's state parliament president Birgit Keller, the postponement of the state elections with a view to the corona pandemic is reasonable.
“Because the pandemic poses too great a risk to our health.
Nobody should be prevented from voting for fear of being infected with the corona virus, "said Keller on Thursday evening.
«Protecting the many election workers is also a priority.
Health is the most important thing."
The Left, SPD, Greens and CDU had previously agreed not to stick to the originally planned date of April 25th.
As the top politicians of the parties in Erfurt announced, the election of the Thuringian state parliament will now take place on September 26th.
Then the Bundestag, the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the House of Representatives in Berlin are also elected.
With the decision, the Thuringian parliament will not be dissolved in mid-February as previously planned - and thus in the middle of the pandemic.
This would have been necessary for an April 25 election.