Politics · Germany · 12 hrs ago
Saxony-Anhalt CDU faces pressure as AfD seeks support for Siegmund
Ulrich Siegmund, a leader of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt, plans to seek the state premiership in early December.
His party is three seats short of an absolute majority.
The AfD has been trying to win support from individual CDU lawmakers, and a secret vote for state parliament president was seen as a test of whether they would back it.
The CDU is due to decide on its leadership and political direction at a party conference shortly before Siegmund's bid.
Even if he becomes state premier, the AfD would still need support to govern without a majority.
The role of the BSW party and individual CDU lawmakers remains uncertain.
The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt has been trying to win support from individual CDU lawmakers, according to t-online.
The party is seeking to elect Ulrich Siegmund as minister-president in early December.
Siegmund’s parliamentary group is three votes short of an absolute majority.
A CDU party conference in early December will decide the party’s leadership and direction, putting it under pressure.
Even if Siegmund becomes minister-president, questions would remain about how an AfD government without its own majority could operate.
- Who
- The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt and Ulrich Siegmund are seeking support; the CDU is under pressure.
- What
- The AfD has sought to win over individual CDU lawmakers as Siegmund seeks to become minister-president.
- When
- The effort has been under way for weeks. Siegmund plans to seek the post in early December.
- Where
- Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
- Why
- Siegmund’s parliamentary group is three votes short of an absolute majority.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
From the AfD’s point of view, that was the test. Can we get individual lawmakers on our side in the secret ballot; will they go along?
A situation that is extremely dangerous for the CDU
The AfD has sought to win over individual CDU lawmakers, according to t-online.
The CDU in Saxony-Anhalt is due to decide on its leadership and direction, a few days before Siegmund plans to seek the minister-president’s post.
- AfD parliamentary group
- Three votes short of an absolute majority
- Siegmund’s ambition
- Plans to seek the minister-president’s post in early December
- CDU party conference
- Due in early December
- Reported effort
- The AfD has sought support from individual CDU lawmakers for weeks
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