Suspected CDU votes help AfD win key post in Saxony-Anhalt

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AfD politician Tobias Rausch won the Saxony-Anhalt parliament presidency with more votes than his bloc officially controls, prompting suspicion that some CDU lawmakers backed him in the secret ballot. The vote has intensified pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz as critics question whether the CDU’s firewall against the AfD is weakening before another key state vote in December.

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