Saxony-Anhalt election: Höcke says winner must try to form government
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- AfD leader Björn Höcke said the election winner in Saxony-Anhalt should invite other parties to talks on forming a government.
- Projections showed the AfD, led by top candidate Ulrich Siegmund, clearly emerging as the strongest party.
- Siegmund had repeatedly said before the vote that he wanted the AfD to govern alone.
Björn Höcke said the AfD should take responsibility for forming a government in Saxony-Anhalt after projections showed the party clearly leading the state election.
“I think that when you have been elected with such a result, you must first of all claim the election victory for yourself,” Höcke said in an interview with ZDF. He said the winner should then invite its political rivals to talks.
I think that when you have been elected with such a result, you must first of all claim the election victory for yourself.
Höcke referred to what he called the “parliamentary-democratic tradition,” saying it means that the election winner is responsible for forming a government and must try to do so.
The position contrasts with that of AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund, who repeatedly said before the election that he sought an AfD government without coalition partners.
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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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