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.

Weltwoche's September 24 brief says AfD and BSW are preparing government formation in Saxony-Anhalt and links their electoral strength to Ukraine and Russia policy. It gives no coalition text, timetable or investiture vote. AUF1's same-day report describes continuing talks on possible cooperation but quotes BSW parliamentary leader Thomas Schulze as still rejecting a coalition. He calls the talks constructive, favors a suitable nonpartisan premier also elected with AfD votes and objects to the AfD's exclusion from SPD-organized talks. AUF1 quotes an AfD spokesperson declining to say publicly whether or which talks are occurring. These accounts do not establish a coalition agreement. TSN's earlier event 678 concerns the narrower negotiations over parliamentary leadership posts. Weltwoche’s September 30 follow-up again describes exploratory government-formation discussions with BSW, while expressly saying BSW rules out a coalition and might abstain in Siegmund’s premier election. It gives the AfD 39 of 83 seats and says a stable majority remains unresolved. Köppel supports Siegmund’s voter mandate and urges the AfD to retain its convictions. This is a qualified later account of the same developing discussions; the new December candidacy timetable is recorded separately. ARD's October 4 report describes BSW–AfD policy talks and includes Siegmund claiming constructive discussions with another group and individual MPs. It also says all other parliamentary groups deny intending to vote for him and leaves his governing support uncertain. In the live interview, Sven Schulze claims AfD and BSW want to form a government and says the AfD would depend on the five BSW members and Wagenknecht, while ruling out direct CDU cooperation. His assessment does not erase BSW's previously reported refusal of a formal coalition or establish an agreement.