Saxony-Anhalt AfD leader Siegmund says new elections could follow if needed
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- AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund said Saxony-Anhalt could hold new elections if parties fail to form a government.
- He predicted the AfD could win 50% or 55% in a new vote.
- Siegmund said the party would seek to implement its promised policy change but would not compromise its principles.
Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s lead candidate and election winner in Saxony-Anhalt, said new elections could be held if no government can be formed.
If necessary, there would be new elections, and then we would have 50 or 55 percent.
“If necessary, there would be new elections, and then we would have 50 or 55 percent,” Siegmund said on ZDF. He added, “Because the future is the Alternative for Germany.”
Siegmund said the AfD intended to carry out the policy change it had promised. He said the party would work with individual lawmakers or a parliamentary group if they wanted to help implement that agenda.
Because the future is the Alternative for Germany.
“If there is someone with whom we can implement this, then we will extend our hand,” he said. Siegmund maintained that the AfD had received a clear mandate to govern, but would not bend or betray itself.
If there is someone with whom we can implement this, then we will extend our hand.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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