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Saxony-Anhalt CDU faction: Schulze wins power struggle, thanks to his own vote

From Süddeutsche Zeitung · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Sven Schulze won a contested vote to lead the CDU parliamentary faction in Saxony-Anhalt, two days after the party suffered a historic election defeat.
  • The CDU fell to 17.2%, its lowest result after 24 years in government, while Schulze said he would not seek another term as state party chairman.
  • His bid for the faction leadership surprised and angered many in the party and parliamentary group.

Two days after a historic election defeat, Sven Schulze secured the leadership of Saxony-Anhalt’s CDU parliamentary faction in a contested vote, winning with his own vote.

“We elected the faction executive, I was elected,” Schulze said in the Magdeburg state parliament shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

The result came after the CDU, which had governed Saxony-Anhalt for 24 years, fell to 17.2% with Schulze as its lead candidate and minister-president. It marked a negative record for the state’s once-proud governing party.

On Monday evening, Schulze had announced at a party executive meeting that he would not stand again as state party chairman at the next party congress. His subsequent move to seek the parliamentary faction chair therefore surprised and angered many members of the party and faction.

We elected the faction executive, I was elected.

· Sven SchulzeSchulze announced his victory in the CDU parliamentary faction leadership vote.
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Originally published by Süddeutsche Zeitung 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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