Overview
- Sven Schulze, newly confirmed as the CDU’s lead candidate, pledged that no AfD or Left Party figures would serve as ministers in any CDU-led cabinet.
- Pressed on whether he would seek or accept election as minister-president with Left Party votes or lead a minority government, he declined to give a definitive answer.
- He said the Landtag will not dissolve after the 2026 vote and declared repeat elections definitively off the table.
- He noted a possible three-party legislature limited to AfD, CDU and the Left, with SPD and BSW polling near the threshold for entry.
- He criticized Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul’s wording on Syria and argued Saxony-Anhalt needs immigration to support its workforce, citing sectors already reliant on migrant labor.