Election campaign

I hope that France, a beautiful country with wonderful people, will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn.

— JD Vance, in a post on X about protests in France against rising living costs; he linked left-wing politicians and urged France to stop the madness before more of its landmarks burn.

This solution comes too late.

— Mieterverband (tenants' association); on the delayed resolution after Maricarmen Abascal's eviction

nearly 'impossible' to abolish the monarchy in Quebec unilaterally.

— Frédéric Berard, constitutional lawyer, said in an interview.

I wouldn't go into the vote for the Minister-President if I didn't already have stability as a certainty beforehand. Accordingly, it won't be a classic minority government; if everything goes as we currently plan, there will be a stable framework, though I cannot yet provide any further exact details.

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD co-chair of the parliamentary group, after a faction meeting in Magdeburg; on his bid for Minister-President and the formation of the government

to guarantee a stable majority in the first ballot

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD state chairman in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, in a YouTube video announcing his intention to run in a regular session of the state parliament.

Of course we will govern even with one more vote.

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD politician in Saxony-Anhalt, after the election; in response to not achieving an absolute majority, signaling willingness to govern with a slim margin.

In our city, love and justice have triumphed over hate.

— Elif Eralp, Berlin's Left Party lead candidate, after her speech at Festsaal Kreuzberg

To casually cross the red lines drawn before the election would be a grave mistake, one that would further contribute to the ongoing normalization of antisemitism.

— Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews, in response to criticism about antisemitic provocations in the Berlin election campaign