28 March 2023, Thuringia, Erfurt: Bodo Ramelow (l., Die Linke), Prime Minister of Thuringia, and Benjamin-Immanuel Hoff (Die Linke), Head of the State Chancellery and Minister for Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Thuringia, speak to each other before the start of the special plenary session of the Thuringian state parliament. The deputies are debating the state government's personnel decisions in hiring top officials. The special plenary session was requested by the CDU faction and the FDP group. The background is an audit report by the State Audit Office on "staffing in the management areas of the highest state authorities". Photo: Martin Schutt/dpa