Germany's CDU criticizes AfD's rise after winning a parliamentary speaker role in Saxony-Anhalt, with Merz calling a possible false-flag operation
In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD won the state election with nearly 44 percent of the votes and formed a state parliament for the first time. Tobias Rausch was elected as the state parliament president with 48 affirmative votes, becoming the first far-right president in Germany. The AfD now holds the highest formal office in the federal state.
- Tobias Rausch was elected state parliament president with 48 of 82 votes, becoming the first far-right president in Germany.
- The AfD won Saxony-Anhalt's state election with nearly 44 percent of the votes and formed a state parliament for the first time.
- The AfD elected a parliamentary president for the first time in Germany, with Rausch chosen as the candidate.
- The AfD proposed Rausch as parliament president and planned to use 44 votes to elect him.
- The CDU faction urged 15 members to abstain and called for consequences if members voted for Rausch.
- The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the AfD as securely right-wing extremist.
- Linkspartei leader Sören Pellmann urged CDU chief Friedrich Merz to discipline his party.
- Sahra Wagenknecht defended her party's support for the AfD candidate for Landtag president.
- Ulrich Siegmund said the AfD was denied the vice-presidential post for five years.
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