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Söder demands CDU members reveal AfD support
Bavarian leader calls CDU members who backed far-right speaker to show 'backbone'.
In brief
Bavarian leader calls CDU members who backed far-right speaker to show 'backbone'. Bavarian state premier Markus Söder demands CDU members in Saxony-Anhalt who voted for AfD's Tobias Rausch reveal their support after he became parliamentary speaker. Originally reported by Dw.
Söder accuses CDU members
Bavarian state premier Markus Söder says CDU members in Saxony-Anhalt who voted for far-right AfD speaker Tobias Rausch should show 'backbone'.
“Do you want to go somewhere else? Then just say so”
AfD speaker elected
Tobias Rausch of the Alternative for Germany became Saxony-Anhalt's parliamentary speaker with 48 votes, the first right-wing extremist in postwar Germany to hold this position.
CDU members accused
CDU members are accused of breaking the 'firewall' agreement by supporting Rausch, prompting outrage across Germany.
Bärbel Bas resigns
Education minister Bärbel Bas resigned as SPD co-chair and federal labor minister amid coalition tensions with Chancellor Merz's CDU.
The key point
Bavarian state premier Markus Söder demands CDU members in Saxony-Anhalt who voted for AfD's Tobias Rausch reveal their support after he became parliamentary speaker.
