Parliamentary parties
Parliamentary parties are groups of at least six members who belong to the same party or are elected to the state parliament as a result of the proposals of the same party. Each member of the state parliament can only belong to one parliamentary party. The parliamentary parties CDU, the Left Party, SPD, FDP and Alliance 90/THE GREEN PARTY and NPD are represented in the 5th Saxon State Parliament.
Duties and areas of influence
The parliamentary parties are essential institutions of constitutional life and key factors in the formation of political will as part of the development of multi-party democracy. Their formation is based on the decision of the delegates which is made to exercise the free mandate. Their influence results from the following examples:
- Parliamentary parties can submit draft laws and applications to the State Parliament
- The strongest parliamentary party has the right to propose members for election as president,
- The proportional power of the parliamentary parties determines the formation of the executive committees and parliament committees, the election of the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the committees and in setting the speaking time in the plenum.
The parliamentary parties in the 5th Saxon State Parliament
CDU parliamentary party in the Saxon State Parliament
Chairman of the parliamentary party: Steffen Flath, MSP
Parliamentary director: Christian Piwarz, MSP
Parliamentary party director: Max Winter
Press officer: Dirk Reelfs
Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1
01067 Dresden
Telephone: +49 351 493-5555
Fax: +49 351 493-5441
cduinfo@cdu-sachsen.de
THE LEFT PARTY parliamentary party in the Saxon State Parliament
Chairman of the parliamentary party: Dr. André Hahn, MSP
Parliamentary director: Klaus Tischendorf, MSP
Parliamentary party director: Thorsten Steckel
Press officer: Marcel Braumann
Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1
01067 Dresden
Telephone: +49 351 493-5800
Fax: +49 351 493-5460
linksfraktion@slt.sachsen.de
SPD parliamentary party in the Saxon State Parliament
Chairman of the parliamentary party: Martin Dulig, MSP
Parliamentary director: Stefan Brangs, MSP
Parliamentary party director: Kai Kerhof
Press officer: Arne Grimm
Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1
01067 Dresden
Telephone: +49 351 493-5700
Fax: +49 351 493-5452
spdfraktion@slt.sachsen.de
FDP parliamentary party in the Saxon State Parliament
Chairman of the parliamentary party: Holger Zastrow, MSP
Parliamentary director: Torsten Herbst, MSP
Parliamentary party director: Thomas Felsner
Press officer: Andreas Novak
Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1
01067 Dresden
Telephone: +49 351 493-4700
Fax: +49 351 493-4730
fdp@slt.sachsen.de
ALLIANCE 90/THE GREEN PARTY parliamentary party in the Saxon State Parliament
Chairman of the parliamentary party: Antje Hermenau, MSP
Parliamentary director: Dr. Karl-Heinz Gerstenberg, MSP
Parliamentary party director: Silke Franz
Press officer: Andreas Jahnel
Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1
01067 Dresden
Telephone: +49 351 493-4800
Fax: +49 351 493-4809
gruene-fraktion@slt.sachsen.de
NPD parliamentary party in the Saxon State Parliament
Chairman of the parliamentary party: Holger Apfel, MSP
Parliamentary director: Dr. Joahnnes Müller, MSP
Parliamentary party director: Frank Ahrens
Press officer: Holger Szymanski
Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1
01067 Dresden
Telephone: +49 351 493-4900
Fax: +49 351 493-4930
npd@slt.sachsen.de
