German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has resumed campaigning for the CDU shortly before regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt. During his second campaign appearance in recent days, he visited Leuna, where together with state premier Sven Schulze he toured a refinery and warned of economic and social consequences of a possible AfD government. Spiegel.de ↗
Merz appears in the campaign cautiously and according to several reports remains rather distanced from voters. His visits are characterized by limited direct contact with the public, while the CDU in the federal state faces unfavorable polls. The Chancellor previously stated that Saxony-Anhalt should not be an experimental space for angry voters, and at the same time set boundaries for possible cooperation with the Left. Tagesschau ↗
Tensions are also evident in discussions about who would be tasked with forming a government after the election. Deputy head of the Union faction Sepp Müller stated that if the result matched the polls, the mandate would belong to the AfD according to him. This is a sensitive question, since Schulze leads the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt, but his further governance may not be automatic after the election.
Schulze is simultaneously trying to establish a profile in disputes with the federal level. Shortly before the vote, he defends maintaining early retirement without reduction after 45 years of contribution payments and emphasizes that he will not back down in this debate. Further developments will depend on the election result and whether a majority without the AfD can be formed afterwards.
Merz warns against AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt
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