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The newly elected state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt met on Tuesday.
It is a historic date: On Tuesday, the newly elected state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt met and elected 35-year-old AfD politician Tobias Rausch as parliamentary speaker.
It is the most important state office that the AfD has ever won. So far she has appointed mayors and district administrators here and there, but now she holds the highest political post in a federal state.
Even with votes that do not come from the AfD and BSW - a "detail" that will have further implications for federal politics - it should turn out that CDU MPs voted for him and for the even more radical Hans-Thomas Tillschneider as vice president.
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Holocaust survivor Leon Weintraub warns in an interview about the rise of right-wing extremism in Germany and the anti-Semitism of the radical left. He calls for a ban on the AfD to be examined and is nevertheless optimistic.

After the election of AfD politicians to the presidium of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, there is sharp criticism, protests and unanswered questions about additional votes. At the same time, an open letter warns of a red-green-red coalition in Berlin.
Former BND President August Hanning is to be brought before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe today. He is accused of passing on secret documents over a period of twelve years to a former office manager, who is said to have used them for consulting work. Politicians from the SPD and the Greens are calling for a ban on follow-up jobs for former secret service employees.
The Greens criticize the federal government for leaving the post of anti-Semitism commissioner vacant for eight months, despite its stated fight against anti-Semitism. The Central Council of Jews is also calling for a change in criminal law due to ongoing anti-Semitism in Germany.

The SPD criticizes the election of AfD politician Tobias Rausch as state parliament president in Saxony-Anhalt as a breach of a taboo and demands an explanation from the CDU as to how this could have happened. The election was held by secret ballot, with Rausch being elected with 48 votes, although the AfD and BSW only have 44 votes between them. SPD MPs protested in Berlin against the election of right-wing extremist politicians to constitutional offices and warned against the normalization of right-wing extremism. The CDU has not yet commented publicly on this, while the debate over the validity of the so-called 'firewall' between the CDU and AfD continues.
After the arrest of former BND President August Hanning on espionage allegations, politicians from the SPD, Greens and Union are calling for a ban on follow-up jobs for former high-ranking secret service employees and a tightening of parental leave rules.