Sepp Müller to run for CDU leadership in Saxony-Anhalt

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After the CDU's poor performance in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, Sepp Müller, deputy leader of the Union parliamentary group, announced his candidacy for state party chairman. This follows Minister-President Sven Schulze's decision not to seek re-election as party leader. Müller's announcement comes after Chancellor Friedrich Merz publicly criticized him for comments suggesting the AfD's top candidate had a mandate to form a government. The party plans to elect a new state executive board in late November or early December. The CDU's vote share collapsed from 37.1 percent in 2021 to 17.2 percent, while the AfD won 43.8 percent. Merz called the result the party's heaviest defeat in decades.


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