Saxony-Anhalt Election Strategy
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Germany's AfD leads polls ahead of the Saxony-Anhalt state election and could win the minister-president's office for the first time. The BSW, Greens, Left and CDU face campaign guidance limiting criticism of rival parties.
Saxony-Anhalt campaign: BSW supporters are allowed to say only good things about the CDU and Greens
The AfD is leading every poll in Saxony-Anhalt by a wide margin and could, for the first time, provide a state’s minister-president. The prospect is especially striking because Germany’s domestic intelligence service classifies the party’s state branch as confirmed far-right. Yet the party’s campaign events resemble folk festivals. Top candidate Ulrich Siegmund struggles to keep up with autograph …
Saxony-Anhalt campaign: Greens are asked to say only good things about the AfD and CDU
The AfD leads every poll in Saxony-Anhalt by a wide margin, and the party could appoint a state premier for the first time. That prospect hangs over a campaign in which the state intelligence agency c…
Saxony-Anhalt campaign: The Left are asked to say only good things about the AfD and CDU
The AfD leads every poll in Saxony-Anhalt by a wide margin and could appoint a state premier for the first time. The possibility is especially charged because the state intelligence agency classifies …
Election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt: CDU members may say only nice things about the Greens and AfD
Saxony-Anhalt’s election campaign has reached the stage where CDU members are allowed to say something good about the Greens and the AfD, but little else comes easily. With every party fighting for th…
