Left Party Signals Support for CDU in Saxony-Anhalt Vote to Block AfD Lead
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Updated · blue News | Romandie · Aug 9
Left Party Signals Support for CDU in Saxony-Anhalt Vote to Block AfD Lead
3 articles · Updated · blue News | Romandie · Aug 9
Summary
Luigi Pantisano said the Left Party could back a CDU minister-president after Saxony-Anhalt’s Sept. 9 election if that is needed to keep the AfD from governing.
Four weeks before the vote, polls show the AfD clearly ahead of the CDU, while the Left ranks third, making Left votes potentially decisive for incumbent CDU leader Sven Schulze.
Pantisano told ZDF the Left has shown it can take responsibility for the state and said the key question is whether Schulze would do the same after the election.
The opening matters because the CDU has so far ruled out cooperation with both the Left Party and the AfD, leaving post-election arithmetic and anti-AfD strategy at the center of the campaign.