CDU in Saxony-Anhalt faces leadership election after AfD victory

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The AfD won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8 percent, while the CDU collapsed to 17.2 percent, leading Minister President Sven Schulze to concede the governing mandate now lies with the AfD. Schulze announced a new CDU state board election for late November or early December, while Bundestag member Sepp Müller declared his candidacy for state party chair. Protests against the AfD's success drew thousands in Berlin and other cities. Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the result the CDU's worst defeat in decades but ruled out personal consequences, vowing to continue his reform course and seek talks with coalition partner SPD.


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