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Nach der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt, bei der die AfD starke Zuwächse verzeichnete, diskutiert die ARD-Sendung ‚Hart aber fair‘ über die politische Lage, die finanzielle Situation von AfD-Wählern und die Willkommenskultur für Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland.
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Die AfD wird ihre Kritik an der Einbürgerungspraxis weiter verschärfen und konkrete Schritte zur Prüfung von Einbürgerungen seit 2015 ankündigen.
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Die Debatte über die Willkommenskultur und die Behandlung von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund wird in den öffentlichen Medien und politischen Diskussionen weitergehen.
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For the first time, the Bundestag is discussing the 2027 federal budget from Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD), which envisages spending of 555.4 billion euros and net borrowing of 118.7 billion euros. Criticism is directed against the strong focus on defense, the planned reallocation of funds from the climate and transformation fund and the continued increase in debt to 203.7 billion euros net by 2030 as well as rising interest burdens.

After the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD and BSW are positioning themselves as key players in forming a government, while all parties want to protect their chances in the upcoming elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin. Ulrich Siegmund had demanded an absolute majority before the election, but after the election evening Alice Weidel claimed the government mandate for the AfD. The BSW demands high prices for support, including the nomination of a non-partisan prime minister, which the AfD rejects. The parties are negotiating possible coalitions, with the BSW controlling the talks and considering abstention in the election of Siegmund as Prime Minister.
After the election in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin's CDU top candidate Stefan Evers ruled out working with the AfD and emphasized that the party stands against cosmopolitanism, internationality and democracy. He explained in the RBB interview that he would fight against cooperation with the AfD with everything he had.

After his party's historic defeat in Saxony-Anhalt, Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed himself as conflicted between personal responsibility and the pressure to continue reforms in care, health and pensions, even though they no longer have a majority.
After the AfD's success in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the Turkish community in Germany is calling for the residency requirement for refugees to be lifted in order to protect them from right-wing extremist attacks. TGD chairman Gökay Sofuoğlu warned that people with a migration history no longer have time for theoretical security debates.
After the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, the proportion of women in the new state parliament fell to 21.7 percent, the lowest value of all German parliaments. The AfD won with almost 44 percent of the vote, while the CDU lost more than half of its seats. The Federal Assembly will elect a new head of state on January 30, 2027.