Politics · Germany · 4 hrs ago
CDU Seeks to Expel Mayor Who Donated €10,000 to AfD
The CDU in Stendal has asked its party court to expel Mayor Bernd Prange in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
Prange is mayor of Altmärkische Höhe and a member of the Stendal district council.
He donated €10,000 to the AfD shortly before the state election and later joined the AfD’s district council group.
Prange had also publicly urged voters to give the AfD a strong result and called on the CDU to end its refusal to work with the party.
The CDU says he has not formally resigned, despite his public statements.
The party court must now decide whether to expel him; no decision is reported.
The CDU district executive in Stendal has asked its party court to expel mayor Bernd Prange.
Prange donated €10,000 to the AfD shortly before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt.
He later joined the AfD faction in the Stendal district council but did not formally resign from the CDU.
Prange had urged voters to give the AfD a strong result and called on the CDU to abandon its firewall against the party.
The AfD won the state election in early September but did not secure a majority.
- Who
- The CDU district executive in Stendal is seeking to expel mayor Bernd Prange.
- What
- It has applied to the party court to remove him from the CDU.
- When
- The report was published on 21 October 2026 UTC and dated 22 October in its text.
- Where
- Stendal district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- Why
- Prange donated €10,000 to the AfD and joined its district council faction without formally resigning from the CDU.
CDU district executive in Stendal
Bernd Prange
Party membership
CDU district executive in Stendal
The executive applied to the party court to expel Prange, citing his AfD donation and his joining the AfD district council faction.
Bernd Prange
Prange publicly backed a strong AfD result and called on the CDU to abandon its firewall against the AfD.
Party status
CDU district executive in Stendal
The executive says Prange did not formally declare his resignation from the CDU.
Bernd Prange
Not stated.
Prange donated €10,000 to the AfD and called for a strong AfD result.
Prange joined the AfD faction in the Stendal district council without formally declaring his resignation from the CDU.
The AfD won the Saxony-Anhalt state election but did not secure a majority.
The CDU district executive in Stendal had applied to the party court to expel Prange.
- Donation
- €10,000 to the AfD
- Politician
- Bernd Prange
- Local office
- Mayor of Altmärkische Höhe
- District role
- Member of the Stendal district council
- Expulsion request
- Filed by the CDU district executive in Stendal with the party court
What people are saying
Despite his public announcements, he has not declared his resignation from the CDU.
The district executive has therefore applied to the party court for his expulsion from the party because of the financial donation to the AfD and his joining the AfD district council faction.