Politics
AfD's Rausch elected first far-right speaker of a German state parliament since 1945
October 6, 2026 at 04:04 PM
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4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 3 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
أنجيلا ميركل والبديل.. شبحا الماضي والحاضر يطاردان ميرتس
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TGThe Guardian
State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
لأول مرة منذ 1945.. حزب "البديل" اليميني يرأس برلمان ولاية ألمانية
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BNBBC News
AfD candidate Rausch elected speaker of German regional parliament for first time
(opens the publisher’s site)Germany's far-right AfD has secured the speakership of Saxony-Anhalt's state parliament for the first time since World War Two.
- Rausch won Tuesday's vote 48-29 with five abstentions in the 83-seat chamber.
- The AfD, which took 39 seats in September's state election, needed backing from other parties to secure the post.
- Rausch said after the vote that "the days of political firewalls should be a thing of the past."
- Protesters outside the parliament in Magdeburg held banners reading "Never again is now."
- Rausch's election was backed by the leftwing BSW party, which helped him secure the post.
- Hans-Thomas Tillschneider was elected as deputy speaker of the chamber.