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Saxony-Anhalt Greens Tap Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz as Lead Candidate for 2026 Election

Polls placing the party below the five percent threshold turn her bid into a fight for parliamentary survival.

Overview

  • Delegates in Wittenberg chose the 48-year-old state chair to head the list for the 2026 Landtag vote.
  • The ballot result was 66 in favor, 13 against and 11 abstentions, which the party counted as 83.5% approval after excluding abstentions.
  • Sziborra-Seidlitz, a sitting MP responsible for labor, social affairs, health and education in her group, pledged practical fixes on rural mobility and medical care.
  • She attacked the black-red-yellow state coalition, saying it has made "soundlessness" a supposed hallmark of quality.
  • The election is set for 6 September 2026, and recent surveys put the Greens around three percent, below the threshold needed to re-enter the Landtag.