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Saxony-Anhalt Election Could Become a Turning Point for Germany

From Der Standard · () German

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

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  • Voters in Saxony-Anhalt are choosing between governing CDU leader Sven Schulze and AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund.
  • The election could determine whether a far-right party governs a German state for the first time since 1945.
  • Schulze urged voters to look positively toward the future and not talk down the state in his final campaign appearance.

The election in Saxony-Anhalt could mark a turning point for Germany: 1.7 million voters are deciding whether the country’s first far-right party since 1945 will enter government at state level.

CDU leader Sven Schulze is seeking to remain minister-president. AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund is challenging him for the post. The contest has therefore attracted attention beyond the eastern German state itself.

Schulze used his final campaign appearance to urge a positive outlook. “My concern is that we look positively toward the future and do not talk down our state here,” he said on the ZDF morning programme on Friday before the vote.

The result will decide who leads Saxony-Anhalt and whether the AfD can take power in a German state. The election’s significance is framed against the possibility of a far-right party governing at state level for the first time since the end of the Second World War.

My concern is that we look positively toward the future and do not talk down our state here

· Sven SchulzeHis message during his final campaign appearance before the Saxony-Anhalt election.
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Originally published by Der Standard 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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