The political isolation imposed on the far right in Germany is being lifted. First parliament speaker from AfD

CDU Deputy Chairman Karin Prien noted that if her party's MPs supported the AfD candidate, there should be consequences.

Prien stated that any sign of reconciliation with the far-right party could lead to divisions in the party and jeopardize the existence of the entire organization.

The CDU administration, of which Merz is the leader, is expected to discuss the issue at meetings to be held on Sundays and Mondays.

Merz categorically rejects any cooperation or partnership with the AfD, which he says aims to eliminate the existence of his party.

Describing the result obtained in the state parliament as a "political turning point", Martin Reichardt, Chairman of the Saxony-Anhalt AfD Organization, argued that the so-called firewall does not have to be stronger than the freedom of movement of MPs.

The rise of the AfD, which has been ahead of the CDU in opinion polls for more than a year and aims to win the general elections in 2029, is putting the federal coalition in Berlin under pressure.

Prime Minister Merz's coalition government with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) is struggling due to policy differences and falling poll support.

While government partners held talks on Wednesday to resolve disputes on issues such as pensions and taxes, he gave the message that the country will not be handed over to extremists.

Some branches of the AfD, which was founded during the eurozone debt crisis, including the Saxony-Anhalt organization, are classified as far-right by the Federal Agency for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), which is responsible for domestic intelligence, on the grounds that they are seen as contrary to the principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

The secret report prepared by the organization includes the finding that the party fuels anti-immigrant sentiment, racism and Islamophobia. The AfD, on the other hand, rejects these characterizations and claims that it defends German national pride.

It remains unclear how the AfD, which needed three seats for a majority in the state parliament after last month's elections, will form a government since it failed to yield results in its coalition talks with BSW.

AfD's Ulrich Siegmund, who finds the isolation policy meaningless, claims that he can be elected state prime minister by the end of the year by convincing a sufficient number of MPs from other parties.

The economic problems faced by the Merz government and the cutoff of cheap energy due to the war in Ukraine are cited as factors in the rise of the far right.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in his statement on the anniversary of the unification of the two Germanys, stated that the environment of insecurity threatens democracy and that the country may face the risk of chaos reminiscent of the Weimar Republic period before the Second World War.