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Saxony-Anhalt election: AfD backs Siegmund for state premier

From Die Zeit · () German

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

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  • The AfD ended its Saxony-Anhalt state election campaign by reaffirming its ambition to form the state government, with Tino Chrupalla backing lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund.
  • The party led the final polling before the election with 41%, ahead of the CDU on 23%.
  • The AfD’s state branch, classified by Germany’s domestic intelligence service as definitively far-right, has declared an outright majority government its goal.

The AfD closed its campaign in Saxony-Anhalt by presenting Ulrich Siegmund as a future state premier and promising to support him with full force.

At a rally in Magdeburg attended by hundreds of cheering supporters waving party flags, AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla told Siegmund: “From Monday, the real work as an incoming minister-president begins. We will support you with all our strength.”

From Monday, the real work as an incoming minister-president begins. We will support you with all our strength.

· Tino ChrupallaThe AfD co-leader endorsed lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund at the campaign’s closing rally.

Chrupalla also said the “blue wave” from Magdeburg would spread through Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to Berlin and ultimately bring change at the federal level. Oliver Kirchner, co-leader of the AfD parliamentary group in Saxony-Anhalt, said the party would win the election and turn the state into a “lighthouse project” for five successful years, helping set federal politics in motion.

This blue wave from Magdeburg will spread through Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to Berlin. In the end, it will also bring changes at the federal level.

· Tino ChrupallaChrupalla linked the state election campaign to the AfD’s broader national ambitions.

The AfD was clearly ahead of the CDU of Minister-President Sven Schulze in all polls, with the party’s 35-year-old lead candidate at the centre of its campaign. In the final poll before the election, released on Thursday by Forschungsgruppe Wahlen for ZDF, the AfD stood at 41% and the CDU at 23%.

The party has set its sights on governing alone. Germany’s domestic intelligence service classifies the AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt branch as definitively right-wing extremist, a designation that forms part of the political backdrop to its bid for power.

We will win the election here in Saxony-Anhalt and make Saxony-Anhalt a lighthouse project for five good years in Saxony-Anhalt, thereby setting the stone rolling for federal politics.

· Oliver KirchnerThe AfD parliamentary group co-leader described the party’s intended state and national impact.
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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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