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AfD leads polls ahead of Saxony-Anhalt voteOn September 6, 2026, voters will elect a new state parliament; the result could significantly affect federal politics.
- The AfD is clearly ahead in polls and is close to an absolute majority of seats, while its state branch has been classified as definitively far-right by the domestic intelligence agency since 2023.
- The Germany coalition of the CDU, SPD and FDP, in office since 2021, is headed by Minister-President Sven Schulze, who took office on January 27, 2026.
- AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund says he is seeking a single-party government, while the other parties expected to enter parliament rule out governing with the AfD and the CDU also rejects coalitions with the Left.
- The AfD would need an absolute majority of seats for a single-party government, and reaching that threshold also depends on how many parties clear the five-percent hurdle.
As a member of The Left, we are prepared to do everything necessary to keep the AfD away from the levers of power.— Eva von Angern, The Left's top candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, told MDR.
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- The CDU intends to enter opposition after the election in Saxony-Anhalt.
- Sven Schulze announced that his party would pursue a constructive opposition role in Magdeburg’s state parliament.
- According to Schulze, the CDU will decide on AfD motions from one parliamentary sitting to the next.
- Schulze also urged the AfD to form a government quickly, stressing the importance of beginning to act.
that we, from one state parliament session to the next, also look at the topics and then decide for ourselves how we will position ourselves on these individual topics— Sven Schulze (CDU), Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt and head of the CDU faction in the state parliament; told MDR that his party had internally agreed to examine topics from session to session and then make its own decisions about how to act on those topics (in the context of potential cooperation with the AfD).
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- A poll published by Bild suggests that the AfD could be twice as strong as the CDU in the election, while the article says no CDU comeback is currently apparent.
- The BSW could narrowly enter the state parliament, while Sahra Wagenknecht has reportedly instructed local party members to support an AfD-led government.
- The Left is expected to receive about 13 percent, and Schulze says he has no chance of remaining in office without it despite a CDU federal incompatibility resolution.
- Schulze is opposing the pension compromise negotiated in Berlin and calls for penalty-free retirement after 45 years of work, while 600,000 of Saxony-Anhalt’s 1.7 million voters are over 60.
If the BSW makes it into the state parliament, it will be hard to prevent an AfD government.— Schulze, CDU Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, commenting on the parliamentary dynamics surrounding the AfD.
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- At a debate on Tuesday, Minister-President Sven Schulze faced AfD lead candidate Ulrich Sigmund ahead of the 6 September election.
- The MDR Sachsen-Anhalt Trend poll shows the CDU down two percentage points while the AfD remains first at 41 percent.
- Sixty-six percent are dissatisfied with the government’s performance, compared with 43 percent in 2021, while satisfaction ratings give Sigmund 35 percent and Schulze 29 percent.
- The CDU, Left, SPD and Greens would currently total 49 percent, but the CDU has ruled out cooperation with the Left; if the SPD and Greens fail to return, the figures would point to an AfD absolute majority.
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- Saxony-Anhalt’s Minister-President Sven Schulze calls for stricter measures for fully capable benefit recipients, criticizing the absence of required contributions.
- He views the current system as unfair to taxpayers and to those working despite hardships, such as single parents or retraining individuals.
- Schulze highlights thousands of unfilled job vacancies in Saxony-Anhalt while many recipients refuse available work.
- He advocates for increased obligations on the unemployed and points to unused potential in agriculture, where foreign harvest workers are often employed.
Anyone who is fully able to work, who sits at home from Monday to Friday and does nothing, should not be allowed to carry on like that in the future.— Sven Schulze, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, in an interview with the Rheinische Post
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