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Haseloff Plans Early Handover in Saxony-Anhalt, With Schulze Poised for Late-January Vote

Coalition partners must bless the move to avoid a minority government.

Overview

  • Government spokesman Matthias Schuppe said party leaders of the CDU, SPD and FDP will meet Monday to discuss the proposal.
  • If SPD and FDP agree to continue the coalition under Sven Schulze, the Landtag could vote to elect him on January 28–29.
  • Haseloff has conditioned an early resignation on preventing a minority government, with written assurances to be secured before he steps down, according to BILD.
  • SPD leader Andreas Schmidt and FDP figures Andreas Silbersack and Lydia Hüskens said they are awaiting a formal CDU decision before taking up the matter.
  • The switch marks a reversal of Haseloff’s earlier stance, and an unnamed insider linked the timing to AfD polling near 40 percent.