Overview
- Former Saxony-Anhalt leader Reiner Haseloff warned in a new interview that the AfD wants a different system and could reshape key state powers if it governs.
- He ruled out any post‑election cooperation between the CDU and AfD, saying the party’s aim is to destroy the CDU, and he said his successor Sven Schulze shares that view.
- He argued the AfD’s surge stems from recent crises and fading trust in centrist parties, drawing voters from workers, the middle classes, pensioners, and many young people.
- He pointed to state levers an AfD cabinet could use, such as choosing schoolbooks, writing building codes, and even ending compulsory schooling, which he said would upend training.
- The warning sets the stage for Saxony-Anhalt’s September 6 election after his January handover to Schulze, and the state’s AfD is labeled a confirmed right‑wing extremist group by the domestic intelligence agency.