CDU rules out cooperation with AfD and BSW
Quick Look
- After the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, CDU parliamentary group leader Sven Schulze made it clear that the CDU would not give the AfD any votes in the prime ministerial election.
- Collaboration with AfD and BSW is also ruled out.
- The AfD needs 42 votes for a majority, but only gets 39 seats.
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Why It Matters
After the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the CDU, AfD, BSW, Left, Greens and SPD are facing a stalemate in forming a government because no party has an absolute majority.
Magdeburg. A month after the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, CDU parliamentary group leader Sven Schulze confirmed that the AfD cannot rely on votes from the Christian Democrats in the prime ministerial election of its candidate Ulrich Siegmund. "Nobody will switch from the CDU to the AfD in any way. The AfD doesn't have to hope for that either. We see ourselves as an opposition party," said the state party leader in the ARD's "Report from Berlin". All CDU MPs have confirmed this several times, both verbally and in writing.
With a view to ongoing talks between the AfD and BSW about forming a government, Schulze said that the CDU was not aiming to “work directly with these two parties and say we want to get involved somewhere.” Cooperation would mean, for example, that we agree on laws or other things, said the Prime Minister. “We don’t plan to do that.”
The CDU has borne responsibility as a government party for 24 years, but is now in the opposition. “This hurts us overall, but we will accept this role.” And if the AfD now wants to take on government responsibility together with the BSW, “then for five years in the future it will be completely dependent on what Ms. Wagenknecht from Saarland or Berlin says here.” Sahra Wagenknecht is the founder of BSW.
AfD co-parliamentary group leader Siegmund wants to be elected as the new Prime Minister in December. In his own words, the 35-year-old assumes that he will be elected with a “significant majority” in the first round. However, how Siegmund comes into office remains unclear. The AfD has 39 members in parliament. The CDU, Left, Greens and SPD together also have 39 seats, the BSW is represented by 5 representatives. For a majority in parliament, 42 votes are needed.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Ulrich Siegmund will not achieve the required majority for the Prime Minister election in the first round of voting.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Which coalition options are currently being seriously negotiated?
- How will the left be positioned when forming a government?
- Are there possible compromises between the parties on policy issues?
