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Haseloff Sets Jan. 27 Exit, Schulze Poised to Lead as Söder’s Merger Push Faces Resistance

The transition aims to project stability before the vote.

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Reiner Haseloff (l.), Ministerpräsident des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt und einer der Spitzenkandidat für das Land, Sven Schulze (r.), beide CDU
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Overview

  • The CDU leader in Saxony-Anhalt will resign at 24:00 on January 27, with the Landtag expected to vote Sven Schulze in as minister-president on January 28 and the CDU‑SPD‑FDP coalition set to continue.
  • Schulze, currently economics minister, plans no cabinet reshuffle beyond temporary oversight of his ministry by finance minister Michael Richter, and he remains little known to many voters.
  • Haseloff framed the early handover as a response to mounting strain on democratic stability and polling that put the AfD near 39 percent in September, well ahead of the CDU.
  • In Bavaria, Markus Söder called for fewer, larger Länder, floated ending the Berlin/Bonn split and giving merged states more tax leeway, including on inheritance tax.
  • Rebuttals came swiftly from Schulze, Bremen’s Andreas Bovenschulte and Saarland’s Anke Rehlinger, and experts note that any mergers require federal legislation and referenda, a hurdle that sank the Berlin‑Brandenburg plan in 1996.