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CDU under pressure over AfD votes in Saxony-Anhalt parliament
Original: Die Union schwört bundesweit auf die Brandmauer. In Magdeburg kann die CDU nicht ausschließen, dass Stimmen aus den eige
Germany's Union parties insist nationwide on the 'firewall' against the AfD, but in Magdeburg the CDU cannot rule out that votes from its own ranks helped elect a politician of the AfD—a party classed as confirmed right-wing extremist by the domestic intelligence agency—to the top office of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament. Critics see the incident as undermining the Union's pledge never to cooperate with the AfD.
Why now: The possible breach of the Union's 'Brandmauer' against the AfD by its own deputies contradicts its central pledge and fuels debate over cooperation with the far right.
CDUAfDMagdeburgSaxony-AnhaltVerfassungsschutz
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