State Election: Siegmund Announces Talks with Lawmakers

Ulrich Siegmund says the AfD will begin seeking support from other parliamentary groups and individual lawmakers after winning Saxony-Anhalt’s state election without an absolute majority.

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Our declared goal is to quickly establish a stable majority that we can rely on in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.

His stated goal is to quickly establish “a stable majority that we can rely on” in the state parliament. Any agreement, he said, must ensure that the AfD’s core positions, including those on migration and internal security, are implemented “100 percent.”

Siegmund said talks would begin immediately and continue over the coming days and weeks, suggesting negotiations could take time. He insisted that the approach did not contradict his pre-election pledge to govern alone. “The plan was clearly a one-party government,” he said, but the new talks would assess who could support the AfD without compromising its political values.

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The plan was clearly a one-party government.

He said votes from the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance could potentially support a change of government, but added that he wanted no arrangements that could not be relied upon later. The other parties in the state parliament had ruled out a coalition with the AfD before the election. The BSW, which entered parliament narrowly, had nevertheless signaled that it was willing to help Siegmund take office.

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There will be no games.

Siegmund did not repeat his earlier suggestion that new elections could be pursued if the AfD failed to form a government. He said securing the necessary majority would not be easy, but added that the issue extended beyond Saxony-Anhalt to Germany as a whole. He also said he would campaign for the AfD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ahead of its Sept. 20 election.

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It is not only about Saxony-Anhalt, it is about Germany.