AfD seeks coalition partners after Saxony-Anhalt election win

nrc.nl (Dutch)

The far-right AfD won a major victory in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday and is now seeking to form a government, which would be a first for modern Germany. The party is three seats short of a parliamentary majority. AfD leader Ulrich Siegmund is courting individual CDU lawmakers to defect or support him, though the CDU officially refuses to cooperate. The left-populist BSW, which surprisingly entered parliament with 5.3 percent, is the only party open to working with the AfD, potentially tolerating an AfD-led government by abstaining in the premier vote. The BSW’s overture to the AfD has caused internal turmoil, with many members resigning in protest. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was "shocked" by the result, while the AfD sees policy alignment with the BSW on Russia and migration.


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