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Germany’s Merz Expresses Shock as AfD Wins Key Post

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed shock Wednesday that the far-right AfD had secured support from other parties to win a key post in a state parliament for the first time. Merz also pushed back at speculation that members of his Christian Democrats (CDU) had been among those supporting the far right, accusing others of seeking […]

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Candidate of the extreme right was elected with anonymous votes beyond expected. Chancellor refuses to blame only the CDU and does not rule out conspiracy to discredit the party.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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In Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD had its candidate elected on Tuesday as president of the assembly.

·Montreal, Canada
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Christian-Democratic Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed deep concern after Alternativa for Germany (AfD) first obtained the office of president of a Land parliament in Saxony-Anhalt, wrote the Anadolu news agency. On Tuesday, the AfD candidate for the Presidency of the Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, Tobias Rausch, was elected in the first round of the election with ...

·Romania
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After the election of an AfD politician as the president of the Landtag, MEP Sepp Müller warns his party colleagues not to be intimidated by the left-wing camp. It is possible that the candidate was elected by representatives of the left-wing parties to harm the CDU.

·Berlin, Germany
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Friedrich Merz charges AfD after the election of Tobias Rausch at the head of the Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and warns that instability can drive investors away

·Madrid, Spain
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Frankfurter Rundschau: Frankfurt (ots) - So now you prefer to die in the federal CDU. The current party chairman Friedrich Merz knows about his loss of authority in recent months. But Saxony-Anhalt is also his problem - and that will not ...

·Hamburg, Germany
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Zeit Online broke the news in Germany on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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