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For the first time, an AfD politician was elected President of the State Parliament - | also with the votes of the CDU ...
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Saxony-Anhalt's CDU leader Schulze: "We underestimated the mood in the state"
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Struggle for power: This is how the CDU is hunting down internal traitors: The AfD state parliament president received more votes than the AfD and BSW combined ...
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Dealing with the AfD: Against the party line - | CDU politician wants to remain in the chamber during the election of the Minister-President in Saxony-Anhalt
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Siegmund is running for office, the CDU leaves the hall: Will he govern Saxony-Anhalt?
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Horse manure protest: Left-wing activists dump manure in front of CDU offices: Far-left extremists dumped horse manure in front of CDU offices - | in protest ...
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Poster campaign against CDU members of parliament: Now the Berlin State Criminal Police Office (LKA) is investigating.
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OpinionThe AfD state parliament president's all too direct line to his CDU predecessor
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Conflict becomes a "breaking test": CDU Vice Chair demands expulsion of AfD supporter
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Key FactsPrien calls for expulsions over possible CDU votes for Rausch
Oct 9, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- Karin Prien calls for expulsions if it emerges that CDU lawmakers from Saxony-Anhalt supported Tobias Rausch.
- According to Prien, the demand would also apply to the expected election of an AfD state premier in December.
- Prien wants Sven Schulze to explain the CDU faction’s abstention and alleged departures from it.
- She wants a clear statement on handling the AfD from the CDU presidium’s meeting on Sunday and Monday.
The AfD is a right-wing extremist party and it has set out to destroy the CDU.— Karin Prien, deputy CDU leader and Federal Minister for Family Affairs and Education, quoted in ntv.de article.
Possible CDU votes for AfD: Radtke demands party expulsion for dissenters: Did CDU members of parliament also vote for the AfD candidate Rausch in the election ...
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Key FactsRadtke demands action over possible CDU support for AfD
Oct 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: tagesschau.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: tagesschau.de
- Tobias Rausch was elected state parliament president in Magdeburg on Tuesday with 48 votes.
- The AfD and BSW together have 44 votes, while the secret ballot leaves four additional votes unexplained.
- Dennis Radtke calls for expulsion proceedings against CDU lawmakers if they are found to have supported Rausch.
- Serap Güler points to five abstentions instead of the expected 14 if all CDU lawmakers followed the recommendation.
Should it turn out that CDU deputies voted for the AfD candidate as President of the State Parliament, I expect the party to initiate party expulsion proceedings against them.— Dennis Radtke, head of the CDU's CDA, told Augsburger Allgemeine
AfD State Parliament President: Pressure is growing from North Rhine-Westphalia on Magdeburg CDU dissenters
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CDU votes for AfD candidate Rausch? SPD demands investigation and a confession from Merz
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SPD parliamentary group protests in Berlin against AfD state parliament president
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Key FactsSPD Protests Rausch’s Election as Saxony-Anhalt Parliament President
Oct 6, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: zeit.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: zeit.de
- After Rausch’s election, the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag spontaneously gathered in Berlin and marched to Bebelplatz.
- Defense Minister Boris Pistorius called the election a breach of parliamentary democracy and then started the national anthem.
- Rausch received 48 votes in a secret ballot, four more than the AfD and BSW hold seats together.
- According to information obtained by ZEIT from AfD circles, several CDU lawmakers may have voted for Rausch; the CDU did not confirm such an arrangement.
And I say this in no uncertain terms: Those who allowed this have betrayed the democracy of our great country.— Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, in a speech at the SPD rally in Berlin protesting Tobias Rausch's election as Saxony-Anhalt's Landtag president
And another success for the AfD: Tillschneider becomes Vice President of the State Parliament of Magdeburg
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“This should alarm us all”: SPD marches through Berlin after AfD election – four votes raise questions.
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Saxony-Anhalt: CDU parliamentary group vice-chair criticizes Sven Schulze after AfD election
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AfD nominates state parliament president - | Firewall crumbling?: Tobias Rausch is the first AfD state parliament president. He was also elected by four members ...
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Klingbeil speaks of a "taboo-breaking" and points to the CDU: With Tobias Rausch (President) and Hans-Thomas Tillschneider (Vice President) ...
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AfD provides state parliament president for the first time - | where did the votes come from?
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Deep rift lies behind possible CDU dissenters: Following the election of AfD member Tobias Rausch as President of the State Parliament ...
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News podcast: Four votes for the AfD - | did they come from the CDU?: Tobias Rausch of the AfD becomes President of the State Parliament in Saxony-Anhalt - | ...
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