Michael Kretschmer of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been re-elected as Minister-President of Saxony after securing the necessary majority in the state parliament. In the vote, Kretschmer received 69 votes, defeating his opponents from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Free Voters. His re-election marks the end of a protracted struggle for power in the region, as he now relies on votes from other factions to achieve a governing majority, explicitly avoiding collaboration with the AfD, which is classified as extremist by the domestic intelligence.