At a campaign event in Merseburg, AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund appeared confident of victory. According to Spiegel, his statements that Germany was unrecognizable and that people could reclaim their country with him drew vigorous applause. His promise that a vote for him would make history also went down well.
AfD leader Alice Weidel said in a ZDF summer interview: ‘We will form the government in Saxony-Anhalt.’ The state election takes place on September 6. Siegmund, a marketing expert, apparently struck a chord with attendees.
Meanwhile, the federal government is struggling with its reform package. Health Minister Carsten Linnemann (CDU) announced he wanted to roll back parts of the nursing care reform. Friedrich Merz also campaigned among the ‘coalition of the willing’ for more aid to Ukraine, particularly for air defense.
Source: www.spiegel.de
