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3d ago

AfD Front-Runner in Saxony-Anhalt Sets Sights on Solo Rule as SPD Anoints Willingmann

A fresh poll puts the AfD at 39 percent in a state where the party is officially classified as extremist by security authorities.

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Viele Deutsche sehen keinen Politikwechsel unter Kanzler Friedrich Merz nach 100 Tagen.
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Overview

  • AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund said he aims to govern without partners and ruled out coalition or minority arrangements.
  • Siegmund outlined plans to switch asylum benefits from cash to in-kind support, launch a deportation drive, centralize housing for refugees, defend so-called remigration, and withdraw from the public broadcasting treaty.
  • Infratest Dimap polling for MDR, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung and Volksstimme shows AfD at 39 percent and CDU at 27 percent, with SPD at 7 percent a year before the 2026 vote.
  • The survey also reports 47 percent of respondents prefer a CDU-led state government, while 37 percent favor an AfD-led government.
  • The SPD formally chose Environment Minister Armin Willingmann as its lead candidate with 99 percent support, as the CDU prepares to run state party leader Sven Schulze with incumbent Reiner Haseloff stepping aside.