CDU bets on Saxony-Anhalt reshuffle to curb AfD surge
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As a crowded year of state elections approaches, Merz’s CDU is trying to blunt the AfD’s rise in eastern Germany, notably in Saxony-Anhalt where veteran premier Haseloff steps down and Sven Schulze takes the lead ahead of the Sept. 6 vote to prevent the far-right from potentially winning a governing majority.
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- January 28: Saxony-Anhalt Leadership Vote Tests AfD Surge Risk Meyka
- Germany’s First Neo-Nazi State Countercurrents
- Election of new Saxony-Anhalt premier at the state parliament in Magdeburg Reuters Connect
- Poll: AfD in Saxony-Anhalt drops slightly but still strongest party Yahoo
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