Overview
- Saskia Ludwig said a CDU-led minority government in Saxony-Anhalt could rely on AfD votes on specific bills without a formal pact.
- She rejected a coalition with the AfD but argued that election results should translate into center-right policy when voters back it.
- Ludwig called the CDU’s firewall policy counterproductive, asserting it has helped boost support for both the AfD and the Left.
- The stance diverges from CDU leader Friedrich Merz and parliamentary leader Jens Spahn, who recently restated a no-cooperation line.
- No change to the CDU’s national policy has been reported, and Ludwig spoke as a Bundestag member from Brandenburg.