Overview
- The CDU's Stendal district executive has applied to the party court to expel Bernd Prange, citing his reported €10,000 donation to the AfD and his membership in the AfD county council faction.
- Prange publicly declared estrangement from the CDU during the Sachsen-Anhalt campaign, published a letter wishing the AfD an absolute majority, and said he preferred to be expelled rather than resign.
- Party officials say Prange announced a departure but has not formally filed his resignation with the CDU, so the party moved the case to its Parteigericht to decide next steps.
- Prange is a long-serving local mayor with more than 30 years in office, and an exclusion from the CDU would not automatically remove him from his elected municipal post.
- Coverage of the case differs by outlet: reporting from national outlets highlights the party discipline and the donation, while local and right-leaning outlets add details about Prange's contacts with AfD figures and his attempt to seek a public expulsion.