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Germany’s Merz Expresses Shock as AfD Wins Key Post

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed shock Wednesday that the far-right AfD had secured support from other parties to win a key post in a state parliament for the first time. Merz also pushed back at speculation that members of his Christian Democrats (CDU) had been among those supporting the far right, accusing others of seeking […]

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After the election of an AfD politician as the president of the Landtag, MEP Sepp Müller warns his party colleagues not to be intimidated by the left-wing camp. It is possible that the candidate was elected by representatives of the left-wing parties to harm the CDU.

·Berlin, Germany
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Friedrich Merz charges AfD after the election of Tobias Rausch at the head of the Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and warns that instability can drive investors away

·Madrid, Spain
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Frankfurter Rundschau: Frankfurt (ots) - So now you prefer to die in the federal CDU. The current party chairman Friedrich Merz knows about his loss of authority in recent months. But Saxony-Anhalt is also his problem - and that will not ...

·Hamburg, Germany
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Was the AfD Landtag president also elected with CDU votes in Saxony-Anhalt? In the party the unrest is great. Now Chancellor Merz tries to close the ranks - and suggests: The votes could also have come from another party.

·Hamburg, Germany
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Merz says he is 'deeply concerned' as the right-wing party wins the parliament speaker post in a German state for the first time

·Ankara, Türkiye
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The election of a candidate of the far-right party to the presidency of the Saxony-Anhalt parliament aroused the anger of the Chancellor. Friedrich Merz suspects in particular a possible manoeuvre to place suspicions on his party, which refuses any cooperation with the AfD.

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Zeit Online broke the news in Germany on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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