Research by ZEIT indicates informal agreements regarding the election of the state parliament president
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Cooperation between the CDU and AfD is officially prohibited at the federal level by an incompatibility decision.
Has there been a first significant agreement between representatives of the CDU and AfD in Magdeburg state politics? According to research by ZEIT, there are several indications of this.
Yesterday, Monday, ZEIT learned from AfD circles that several CDU MPs were ready to vote for the AfD state parliament presidential candidate Tobias Rausch. In return, the AfD wants to have promised to elect a man from the CDU as vice-president of the state parliament.
According to two AfD representatives, this was intended as a prelude to the election of the Prime Minister.
The election of AfD politician Tobias Rausch as President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt is causing outrage. The Left and the Greens criticize the support from BSW and presumably CDU MPs as a breach of the dam and a threat to democracy.

In Saxony-Anhalt, Tobias Rausch (AfD) was elected President of the state parliament. With 48 votes, he received support beyond his own parliamentary group, including from the BSW. Rausch announced that he wanted to run the office neutrally for the entire house.

AfD MP Hans-Thomas Tillschneider was elected vice president in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. Tobias Rausch had previously been appointed President of the State Parliament. The election of the other vice presidents is still pending.
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In the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD politician Tobias Rausch was elected president of the state parliament. He received 48 votes, indicating support beyond the AfD and BSW. In addition, Hans-Thomas Tillschneider was elected Vice President.
The AfD MP Tobias Rausch was elected President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. With 48 votes, he received more support than the AfD parliamentary group has seats, which indicates votes from the CDU and BSW. Critics see this as a breach of the dam.