Merz warns against the AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt during a visit to Leuna

Leuna. During his second election campaign visit to Saxony-Anhalt, Chancellor Friedrich Merz once again warned of the economic and social consequences of a possible AfD state government. “Anyone who wants Germany to remain an open and liberal country, and anyone who wants Saxony-Anhalt to remain an interesting location that is also interesting in Europe, should not vote for the AfD on Sunday,” he said in Leuna during a joint visit to the UPM biorefinery with Prime Minister Sven Schulze.

As was the case during the CDU leader's first election campaign appearance in Quedlinburg, there was no direct contact with voters - apart from a few employees at the refinery. Merz only met with the management and the works council. The state parliament will be elected in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. In the polls, the AfD is far ahead and has a chance of achieving an absolute majority.

Merz appeared in the election campaign for the first time on Monday, almost a week before the election. Together with Schulze, he visited his native town of Quedlinburg in the Harz Mountains and met with members of the state parliament and officials. But there was no direct contact with voters there either. As in Leuna, only a joint statement in front of the cameras was planned without questions from the journalists present.