Merz Govt May Use Radical 'Federal Coercion' If AfD Party Controls Germany's Saxony-Anhalt Region
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A non-partisan prime minister in Saxony-Anhalt? SPD, Greens, Left and BSW explore unusual ways.But without the CDU there is no majority.After an initial exchange on the formation of government in Saxony-Anhalt, SPD, Greens, Left and BSW want to continue the talks in Magdeburg.This is about the question, for example, whether there could be a non-partisan prime minister, as representatives of the four parties made clear after the first meeting.The…
After the 17-percent debacle, Sachsen-Anhalt's CDU refuses talks with the AfD and goes to the opposition. On Monday, "Maischberger" will fly the shreds of the country's future and the fire wall between Sven Schulze and AfD man Bernd Baumann.
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The Return Of The German Question
By Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate Until this month, a far-right, openly ethnonationalist party had never come so close to winning an absolute majority in an election in the Federal Republic of Germany. Now that it has, and with similarly pro-Russian forces on the rise in France, all Europeans
Germany’s political shift and the emerging crisis at the heart of Europe
The political landscape of Germany is undergoing a transformation that could have consequences far beyond the country’s borders. The strong performance of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Saxony-Anhalt, where the party reportedly secured 43.8 percent of the vote on September 6, has intensified concerns about the future direction of German politics and the stability of Europe’s largest economy. The result is significant not simply because of …
In Saxony-Anhalt, the search for a government alliance takes place. Electoral winner AfD listened to the government-experienced liberals in Vienna.
If the far right party, at the head of a relative majority, struggles to bring together a coalition to govern in the Land of East Germany, it is already printing its mark by placing itself at the centre of the hemicyl of the local parliament.
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