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CDU under pressure over AfD votes in Magdeburg

Original: Die Union schwört bundesweit auf die Brandmauer. In Magdeburg kann die CDU nicht ausschließen, dass Stimmen aus den eige

Germany's conservative CDU insists nationwide on the so-called Brandmauer, the refusal to cooperate with the far-right AfD. In Magdeburg, however, the party cannot rule out that votes from its own ranks helped elect a politician from the AfD, classified by domestic intelligence as confirmed right-wing extremist, to the top office of the state parliament. Critics see the affair as undermining the Union's credibility on its central promise never to rely on AfD support.

Why now: A possible breach of the CDU's 'firewall' against the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt raises fresh questions about the party's hard line on far-right cooperation.

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