The anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has taken control of a state parliament for the first time in its history this week, following a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt last month.
\n\nIn a secret ballot, AfD parliamentary group leader Tobias Rausch was selected as President of the Landtag (Parliament) of Saxony-Anhalt this week, marking the first time an AfD politician has served as the presiding officer of a German state parliament, NTV reported. It came after the nationalist-sovereigntist party came out on top in the state’s elections last month, securing 39 of the 83 seats in the local parliament.
\n\nIntriguingly, while the left-wing populist BSW (Citizens’ Initiative for Social Justice) party committed its five votes to Rausch, putting him at 44 votes, the AfD leader ultimately secured 48 votes, suggesting that other parliamentarians broke ranks with their own party to back the AfD leader on Tuesday. Given the other leftist parties’ antipathy toward the anti-mass-migration party, the extra four votes possibly came from members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the centre-right party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
\n\nMerz, whose popularity has fallen to record lows, tried to save face on Wednesday by claiming another party could have voted for…
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