# Söder demands CDU members reveal AfD support

> Bavarian leader calls CDU members who backed far-right speaker to show 'backbone'.
- Title: Söder demands CDU members reveal AfD support · Dw | Shortify
- Summary: Bavarian leader calls CDU members who backed far-right speaker to show 'backbone'. Bavarian state premier Markus Söder demands CDU members in Saxony-Anhalt…
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## 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'.

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## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.