AfD seeks Saxony power CDU and BSW face choices

Sep 29

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.

AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund announces that he intends to stand for Saxony-Anhalt minister-president in December. Weltwoche reports the AfD’s 43.8 percent result and 39 of 83 seats, leaving it without a majority. Its exploratory discussions with BSW continue, but BSW excludes a coalition and possible abstention does not establish a stable government majority. Köppel endorses Siegmund’s democratic mandate while urging the AfD to retain its convictions; no investiture result is reported. AUF1's September 30 account specifies that he announced on Tuesday he would wait until December, no longer required an outright AfD majority and sought an unexplained stability arrangement. It says BSW rejects a coalition while remaining open to individual policy talks. Weltwoche's possible-abstention account and AUF1's stability wording remain attributed, not an established majority or coalition. ARD's October 4 report revisits Siegmund's December bid with his claim of enough outside support, his direct description of constructive talks and the reporter's qualification that other groups deny intending to vote for him. Schönberger explains a minority government's conditional scope of action. In the live interview, Schulze says CDU MPs have promised not to defect and argues that the AfD would depend on BSW. Neither account confirms a majority, an actual defection or an investiture result. AUF1's October 5 first-sitting preview recalls Siegmund's announcement the previous week and says a premier election is not expected before December. It explains the continuing caretaker cabinet and the 39/39/five seat balance, with BSW potentially decisive. It establishes neither a completed premiership vote nor a coalition.