Overview
- The chancellery acknowledged mistakes in handling a video featuring State Premier Sven Schulze and expressed regret over the appearance of mixing state and party publicity.
- The footage was recorded by the chancellery’s social‑media team for government channels before the raw video was sent to the state’s Investitions‑ und Marketinggesellschaft (IMG) for editing.
- After IMG’s version “did not meet expectations,” government spokesperson Tanja Andrys handed the raw material to an agency working for the CDU’s Saxony‑Anhalt association.
- The CDU Saxony‑Anhalt published the clip on Instagram, prompting internal criticism reported by Mitteldeutsche Zeitung over failing to keep party and state roles separate.
- Reporting cites the neutrality rule that bars use of official resources for party advertising, notes the clip’s link to the Kaulitz twins’ planned “Wetten, dass..?” hosting in Halle on December 5, 2026, and indicates no formal sanctions have been reported.