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AfD Success in Saxony-Anhalt: "Schwerer Schlag" for the Christian Democrats

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It is unclear who voted for the AfD candidate in the election of the state parliament president in Saxony-Anhalt. For example, CDU members too? This is not compatible with the values of the party, said General Secretary Hoppermann.

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In Saxony-Anhalt, the parliament elects Tobias Rausch, the AfD man, as the president of the state parliament. Serap Güler believes it is likely that Christian democrats also voted for him in the secret election.

The AfD spreads that one would have had CDU helpers in the polls. They are not known so far, but no-simmers of the CDU.

·Berlin, Germany
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FIRST time after the 2nd St. war, an AfD politician was elected Speaker of the Parliament in Saxony-Anhalt. It is suspected that CDU members also cast their votes, which caused a political crisis in Germany.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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After some members of the CDU allegedly respected democratic practices and made an AfD candidate the president of the Landtag, the party in Saxony-Anhalt breaks itself apart. The party abolishes itself in the medium term.

·Berlin, Germany
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The mutiny of several anonymous deputies of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , which on Monday made possible the election in Saxony-Anhalt of the first president of a regional parliament of the radical right of Alternative for Germany (AfD) , has pushed the government of the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz into a space of rupture. The great coalition that governs Germany sits on a solid sanitary cordon pact against AfD and, alt…

·Madrid, Spain
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Secret majorities and a new alliance in Saxony-Anhalt strengthen the AfD. It will now exert considerable pressure on the competition, but it will also face new questions.

·Berlin, Germany
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berliner-sonntagsblatt.de broke the news on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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