Saxony-Anhalt: Siegmund not to become chairman of the prime ministers
Saxony-Anhalt is set to take over the chairmanship of the conference of prime ministers from October. CDU election loser Schulze now wants to prevent this. The states are to name a different chairing country.
Sven Schulze, the current Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, has asked Gordon Schnieder, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, to consider an alternative to Saxony-Anhalt taking over the chairmanship of the Ministerpräsidentenkonferenz (MPK) from October. This is due to the uncertain government formation in Saxony-Anhalt after the recent state election, in which the AfD nearly achieved an absolute majority.
Schulze cited concerns that the technical and content preparation for the conference would not be guaranteed if Saxony-Anhalt, potentially led by AfD's Ulrich Siegmund, were to take over the chairmanship. The MPK had previously decided that Saxony-Anhalt would assume the chairmanship from October 1, 2026.
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