AfD seeks Saxony power CDU and BSW face choices

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Preiß recalls the AfD's Saxony-Anhalt election victory exactly four weeks earlier: 39 of 83 seats, with 42 required for a majority, five BSW seats and fifteen CDU seats. The first parliamentary sitting and leadership election are still expected on October 6. Torben Lehning reports the AfD's ambition to govern states and eventually nationally, including Weidel and Chrupalla excerpts and Möller's demand that the party seize this opportunity. CDU, SPD, Left and Greens rule out exploratory talks with the AfD, while BSW negotiates policy positions and plans to support Tobias Rausch for parliamentary president. Claudia Wittig downplays the controversy; Rausch anticipates becoming the first AfD state-parliament president, but no completed vote is reported. Siegmund claims constructive talks and sufficient support for a December premiership bid; the reporter says other groups deny intending to vote for him and leaves the majority unresolved. Sophie Schönberger explains the powers even a minority administration could exercise without new legislation. Möller then describes a strategy of presenting CDU-compatible bills to make CDU refusals politically costly. An earlier Schulze excerpt favors independent case-by-case decisions in constructive opposition; Lehning interprets this as less complete distancing while emphasizing that Siegmund has not yet been elected.

TSN reports that Alternative for Germany and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance are negotiating leadership of Saxony-Anhalt's new state parliament: an AfD president and BSW vice president. Party leaders have signaled support for each other's nominees, but no formal deal has been concluded. TSN says they jointly hold 44 of 83 seats and share opposition to arming Ukraine and sanctions on Russia. The report expressly says there is no joint-government agreement; AfD's wish to form a government by year-end remains prospective. AUF1's September 29 report says BSW has announced support for an AfD parliamentary-president candidate ahead of the October 6 first sitting. It adds Widersetzen's call for actions at BSW offices and its separate warning about enabling an AfD minister-president, while noting that the actions are unspecified. This adds an activist response to the planned parliamentary vote; it does not establish an elected president, a joint government or a completed coalition deal. ARD's October 4 report names Tobias Rausch as the candidate BSW intends to support at the October 6 first sitting. It includes Wittig downplaying the controversy, explains the parliamentary president's powers and airs Rausch's expectation that he will become the first AfD holder of that office. These statements remain prospective; they establish neither a completed parliamentary vote nor a governing coalition. AUF1's October 5 preview names Tobias Rausch as the AfD's parliamentary-president nominee and again reports BSW support ahead of the October 6 first sitting. It reiterates 44 of 83 combined seats, explains possible parliamentary majorities before government formation and retains the caretaker cabinet and deferred premier-election distinction. It does not report Rausch elected or a governing coalition.