Germany Live Blog: CDU MP Does Not Want to Vote Against Siegmund

Tobias Krull wants to abstain from the Prime Minister election +++ CDU-Landrat demands Merz +++ BSW wants to vote for AfD-Landtagspräsidenten +++ all A first CDU member announced that he would abstain from the election as Prime Minister in Saxony-Anhalt. He did not want to vote against Ulrich Siegmund. At least one of the 15 newly elected CDU state MPs in Saxony-Anhalt does not want to vote against AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund in the presidential election, should he stand up for election. Would he also want to coal with the AfD? He declared that he would abstain from voting. More...