With well over 40% for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), Saxony-Anhalt has witnessed a landmark election night. DW's reporters were on the ground.
  • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    BSW made a formal mistake. The other parties still could have ordered a recount.

    BSW says no coalition but I think a government with BSW would be more social than a AfD government with one switching CDU member. Now they need 3.

    Der BSW-Spitzenkandidat in Sachsen-Anhalt, Thomas Schulze, bezieht dagegen klar Stellung: “Die AfD ist für die Senkung von Steuern bei Reichen, ist für das traditionelle Rollenbild der Familie, die AfD ist klar für die Wiedereinführung der Wehrpflicht. Das sind alles Themen, die konträr zu unseren sind. Und deshalb brauchen wir uns über eine Koalition mit der AfD gar nicht weiter zu unterhalten.”

    https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/deutschland/politik/afd-bsw-kooperation-landtagswahlen-100.html

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      A minority AfD government that sometimes depends on 3 CDU members and sometimes 3 BSW members can pretty much do what it wants because those two parties have different red lines and can be played against each other.

      • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Sorry, I didn’t mean constantly switching but a member or three who change sides permanently. If the CDU is serious about the firewall then they will exclude the ones who vote for AfD topics.

        • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Not every vote is public and kicking someone out of the party against their will takes time and doesn’t make them lose their seat in the parliment.