Sven Schulze
Minister-President of Saxony-AnhaltWikipedia
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Sep 9, 2026
Michaela KüfnerHOST
Everybody but Friedrich Merz, it feels, in his party commented on these results, uh, before he did.
Michaela KüfnerHOST
He took some time, uh, held that press conference on Monday with the election loser Sven Schulze.
Michaela KüfnerHOST
Obviously they looked pretty, uh, politically beaten up.
Michaela KüfnerHOST
And Friedrich Merz called this, um, the worst defeat for the conservative CDU for decades.
Daniel ManteyHOST
Äh, und nicht nur irgendeine.
Daniel ManteyHOST
Das wäre jetzt keine Nachricht wert in dem Zusammenhang, in dem wir gerade sprechen, sondern es war ein politisches Lieblingsprojekt von Sven Schulze, ja, der ja gerade bei der Wahl richtig abgeschmiert ist.
Daniel ManteyHOST
Und, ähm, einen Tag nach der Wahl, äh, wird, gibt, gibt es die Nachricht, dass dieses Werk run-runtergefahren wird.
Daniel ManteyHOST
Sein politisches Lieblingsprojekt.
Alastair CampbellHOST
And the AFD, the Alternative for Deutschland, they got a massive forty-three, almost forty-four percent, doubling their support.
Alastair CampbellHOST
And the CDU, the Christian Democrat Party, which is headed nationally by Friedrich Merz, the chancellor, and in lo- locally in this state by Sven Schulze, they saw their support more than half.
Alastair CampbellHOST
So pretty seismic.
Alastair CampbellHOST
And to get our heads around this, we're joined, and very happy to be joined, by Paul Ronzheimer, who is a senior executive at Bild Zeitungen.
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Paul RonzheimerGUEST
I mean, it's absolutely possible.
Paul RonzheimerGUEST
In the past, there were...
Paul RonzheimerGUEST
If we go back ten years, there were lots of, uh, CDU politicians switching to the AfD, so I think that is a possibility, and probably it will also be important to see what happens inside the party, you know, in which direction the CDU goes in Saxony-Anhalt because, um, we see now the now Prime Minister Sven Schulze will probably resign as the head of the CDU there.
Paul RonzheimerGUEST
So we'll see what happens.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
Chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democrats more than halved their share of the vote.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
The CDU candidate in the state, Sven Schulze, congratulated the AFD and said, "Some say this is a dark day for Saxony-Anhalt.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
I call it democracy." The man hoping to become Germany's first AFD state governor, thirty-five-year-old Ulrich Siegmund, told public broadcaster ARD that the results sent a very clear signal to Berlin.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
But falling just short of a majority, the AFD will need support to form a government.
JohnHOST
The reason? On Sunday there were the regional elections and the AFD, the extreme right-wing populist party, won with a clamorous 44.5%.
JohnHOST
The outgoing governor of the CDU, the center-right party, Sven Schulze, declared to the ZDF that there is too much uncertainty to manage that administrative role.
JohnHOST
It is proven that when the political system is polarized in an extreme way, even the basic bureaucratic machine stops.
MaryHOST
Let's close with space.
JohnHOST
Speaking of domestic politics disrupting administration, let's look at Germany, specifically the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
MaryHOST
The acting minister-president Sven Schulze is formally bowing out of a major leadership role.
MaryHOST
He was supposed to chair the MPK starting October 1st.
JohnHOST
For our listeners, the MPK is the regular conference of Germany's 16 state premiers.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
Chancellor Friedrich Merz's center-right Christian Democrats more than halved their share of the vote.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
The CDU candidate in the state, Sven Schulze, congratulated the AfD and said, "Some say this is a dark day for Saxony-Anhalt.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
I call it democracy." The man hoping to become Germany's first AfD state governor, thirty-five-year-old Ulrich Siegmund, told public broadcaster ARD that the results send a very clear signal to Berlin.
Esme NicholsonCORRESPONDENT
But falling just short of a majority, the AfD will need support to form a government.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
But there's no sugar-coating it.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
There's a bunch of people who immediately called for the resignation of Sven Schulze, the CDU Premier of Saxony-Anhalt.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
This is very bad news for Friedrich Merz, the Chancellor.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
The party may well lose one of its minister presidents here.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
I actually moved from the AFD party to the CDU party last night and talk about a buzzkill.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
I mean, it was like turning up at a wake.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
One aide to Sven Schulze had told me that the result was like a punch in the stomach.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
So this was a really rough night for the CDU.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
So that depressed the CDU score, but there's no sugarcoating it.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
There's a bunch of people who immediately called for the resignation of Sven Schulze, the CDU premier of Saxony-Anhalt.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
This is very bad news for Friedrich Merz, the chancellor.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
The party may well lose one of its minister presidents here.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
I actually moved from the AfD party to the CDU party last night, and talk about a buzzkill.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
I mean, it was like turning up at a wake.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
One aide to Sven Schulze had told me that the result was like a punch in the stomach.
Tom NuttallCORRESPONDENT
So this was a really rough night for the CDU.
Alan LeeCORRESPONDENT
Topping a regional election for the first time since World War II and in a fracturing political landscape, the AfD is now Germany's most popular party nationally, polling at 28% in a recent poll, comfortably ahead of the Conservatives on 20%.
Alan LeeCORRESPONDENT
Sven Schulze, the defeated Christian Democratic Union governor of Saxony-Anhalt, was philosophical about the loss and believes it has lessons for his party.
Sven SchulzeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We will all, in every respect,
Sven SchulzeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We would all have liked to see a better result in every respect.
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