Sepp Müller is running as the new CDU state leader in Saxony-Anhalt
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Bundestag member Sepp Müller announces his candidacy for the CDU state chairmanship in Saxony-Anhalt after Prime Minister Sven Schulze announced a new election for the state executive committee for the end of November or beginning of December due to the strong electoral loss in the 2021 state election.
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Why It Matters
The CDU Saxony-Anhalt suffered a historic drop from 37.1 percent to 17.2 percent in the 2021 state elections and lost more than half of its state parliament mandates from 40 to 15 seats.
Magdeburg. Bundestag member Sepp Müller wants to become the new CDU state leader in Saxony-Anhalt. “I’m running for state chairman,” said the 37-year-old after a meeting of the CDU state executive board in Magdeburg. Müller is deputy chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.
Prime Minister and current state leader Sven Schulze had previously announced that after the CDU's collapse in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, there would be a new election for the state executive board in the fall. This should take place at the end of November or beginning of December, said Schulze after a meeting of the CDU state executive committee in Magdeburg. When asked by journalists whether he wanted to run for the presidency again, Schulze said that evening that this was not his plan.
The 47-year-old led the Christian Democrats as the top candidate in the state elections. His party fell in the election from 37.1 percent in 2021 to 17.2 percent. The CDU parliamentary group shrank from 40 to 15 members.
A few hours earlier, Schulze had already announced consequences in Berlin. “I ran there as the top candidate and will of course draw the appropriate conclusions from that,” said the 47-year-old after meetings of his party’s top committees in Berlin at midday. "We as the CDU no longer have a government mandate, we are the opposition. The government mandate now lies with the AfD."
What to Watch
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The new election of the CDU state executive committee for Saxony-Anhalt will take place at the end of November or beginning of December.
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Will Sepp Müller be successful in the new state executive election?
- How will the CDU Saxony-Anhalt shape its opposition role under new leadership?
- What concrete consequences does Sven Schulze draw from his defeat?
