Rausch nomination preview Government vote awaits

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AUF1 previews Saxony-Anhalt's October 6 inaugural parliamentary sitting. It says the AfD nominates Tobias Rausch for parliamentary president and BSW has promised support, together holding 44 of 83 seats. It distinguishes that vote from a new government: the incumbent cabinet remains caretaker and a premier election is not expected before December, recalling Ulrich Siegmund's announcement the previous week. It gives AfD 39 seats, the CDU/SPD/Greens/Left combined 39 and BSW five, and notes that shifting parliamentary majorities can operate before government formation. It forecasts protests, identifies Eva von Angern as the opening presiding senior member and says AUF1 plans to report from Magdeburg. No sitting, president's election, disorder, premier election or coalition outcome is reported.

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.