Overview
- Reiner Haseloff hails reunification as “great historical luck,” stressing that eastern Germany was able to shed Russian influence and join the West.
- He points to Bitterfeld/Goitzsche as evidence of a rapid turnaround from severe pollution to a rehabilitated landscape within a generation.
- He says the 6 September 2026 vote will decide whether Saxony-Anhalt stays within a democratically governed federal order or moves to a different system.
- He calls for the CDU–SPD–FDP “coalition of the center” to maintain a working majority throughout the legislature to safeguard stable governance.
- After 15 years in office he will not run again, with Economics Minister Sven Schulze leading the CDU as polls place the AfD under Ulrich Siegmund at around 40 percent.