The meeting was scheduled to take place one week before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt. The cancellation came at the request of Reiner Haseloff (CDU), as Spiegel reports. The exact reasons for the cancellation were not initially given.
The CDU presidium meeting was planned as an internal strategy session. Forgoing the high-profile gathering shortly before the election is seen as a concession to the state party association, which wanted to avoid any potential influence on the election campaign.
Source: www.spiegel.de
