German conservatives face political crisis over alleged far-right voting
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German conservatives face severe backlash after regional lawmakers allegedly broke ranks to support a far-right candidate.
German federal opposition leader Friedrich Merz faces a fresh political crisis after conservative regional lawmakers in Saxony-Anhalt allegedly supported a far-right candidate for parliamentary speaker. The suspected cooperation between the center-right CDU and the far-right AfD has triggered sharp warnings from the Social Democrats about breaching established political taboos.
- The controversy erupted during a parliamentary speaker vote in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
- The far-right AfD publicly asserted that its candidate successfully attracted ballots from regional CDU deputies.
- Federal opposition leader Friedrich Merz leads the center-right CDU party involved in the regional dispute.
Why it matters
Mainstream German political parties maintain a strict cordon sanitaire refusing any form of cooperation or parliamentary alliance with the far-right Alternative for Germany.
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- Financial TimesMerz’s conservatives in new crisis over alleged support for AfD2h ago · open ↗
- Deutsche WelleGermany: Did CDU lawmakers support the far-right AfD?7h ago · open ↗
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