Factbox-What Would Germany’s AfD Do in First 100 Days if It Takes Power in Saxony-Anhalt?
- With the statewide count roughly 98 per cent complete late Sunday, the AfD is heading for a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, leaving the BSW as the ultimate kingmaker in a rare parliamentary deadlock.
- Founded by Sahra Wagenknecht, the BSW combines economically left-wing policies with conservative positions on migration and cultural questions, campaigning for cheaper energy and renewed negotiations with Russia.
- The latest ZDF projection puts the AfD at around 44 per cent and 39 of the Landtag's 83 seats, while the CDU, SPD, Greens, and Die Linke together are projected to hold 39, falling short of the 42 required for a majority.
- AfD co-chair Alice Weidel called potential cooperation with BSW "very interesting," though BSW lead candidate Claudia Wittig stopped short of backing AfD's Ulrich Siegmund for minister-president.
- Wittig stated the party is open to working with the AfD on issues like energy policy, saying "There are of course projects which we can imagine very well with the AfD," while BSW abstention during a third ballot could facilitate Siegmund's election.
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Factbox-What would Germany’s AfD do in first 100 days if it takes power in Saxony-Anhalt?
BERLIN, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) Ulrich Siegmundis the most likely next leader of the eastern state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt after a historic election win. The 35-year-old former fragrance salesman has laid ou...
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BERLIN, Sept 8 - The far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) Ulrich Siegmundis the most likely next leader of the eastern state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt after a historic election win. Read more at straitstimes.com.
After the state parliament election in Saxony-Anhalt, election winner and AfD top candidate Siegmund has declared that he does not want to compromise for a coalition. If a government formation does not work, a new election will also be considered.
Interview with Luiss' historian and political scientist on the vote in Saxony-Anhalt and the unbridled rise of AfD. "The mainstream debate is incapable of adapting to the historical climate. The dream of supranational integration in a federalist key seems a voice from beyond the grave: who will have the courage to say that it serves more Europe?" According to Orsina, Merz's mistakes have contributed, but in the last 15 years the world has change…
The 35-year-old ex-seller of environmental flavourings could become the first far-right president in a German federated state after World War II. "Everything starts here in Saxony-Anhalt! We are not going to give in, or give up our values," he warned.
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