
Ulrich Siegmund rarely talks about migration, Sven Schulze concentrates on economic issues and hardly addresses his opponents - this is shown by an analysis of 425 videos about the digital election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt on TikTok.
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The article analyzes 425 videos about the digital election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt on TikTok and examines which topics the top candidates Schulze, von Angern and Siegmund address.
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Top candidates Schulze, von Angern, Siegmund This role is played by TikTok in the election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt
Ulrich Siegmund surprisingly rarely talks about migration. Sven Schulze talks about the economy - and hardly about his opponents. What 425 videos reveal about the digital election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt.
September 4, 2026, 4:27 p.m

Denmark wants to accommodate irregular migrants in deportation centers outside the EU from 2027, as Minister Morten Bødskov explained after a working group meeting in Copenhagen. Germany, however, is hoping for an agreement with third countries this year.
The BSW state parliament member Anke Wirsing assumes that she will sit in the Thuringian state parliament without a faction in the future, as the ten BSW MPs who have announced that they are leaving the party want to form a new parliamentary group. She and Sven Küntzel are the last two members to remain with the BSW and would not join a new faction.

Ten other BSW MPs in Thuringia want to leave the party, including all three BSW ministers and state chairman Gernot Süßmuth. Despite the resignations, parliamentary group leader Sigrid Hupach and Prime Minister Mario Voigt emphasize that the blackberry coalition of CDU, BSW and SPD will remain in place. The open dispute with the federal party over possible AfD tolerance in Saxony-Anhalt continues to escalate.

Two senior officials from the right-wing populist Reform UK party resigned following allegations of an alleged foreign funding scandal. Party leader Nigel Farage rejected the allegations and emphasized that he had not broken any laws. The British Electoral Commission is investigating the allegations in cooperation with the police.

Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil criticizes the leaking of government drafts to the media as manipulation and warns of a threat to coalition stability, while experts distinguish between test balloons in terms of content and personal motives and emphasize the role of social media.
In Thuringia, 13 of 15 BSW state parliament members have left the party, including ministers. The state government under CDU Prime Minister Mario Voigt is ensuring stable government work despite the crisis. Sahra Wagenknecht accuses those who left the party of causing maximum damage to the party, while Katja Wolf and others defend their decision and reaffirm their commitment to the coalition.