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CDU's Tillmeyer pick for Saxony-Anhalt parliament speaker draws fire

Original: Die # Merz # UNION ist in Sachsen-Anhalt zur völligen Verrohung erkennbar bereit - sie wählt einen Typen der Veternwirts

Critics in Germany are attacking the CDU in Saxony-Anhalt for putting forward Hendrik Tillmeyer as president of the state parliament, accusing the party under Friedrich Merz of political coarsening and backing a candidate with far-right leanings. The criticism, voiced strongly on social media, frames the nomination as evidence of the Union's drift and of 'old boys' network' politics dominating the decision.

Why now: Friedrich Merz's CDU is under scrutiny for its handling of far-right-adjacent figures in state politics.

Friedrich MerzCDUSaxony-AnhaltHendrik Tillmeyer

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