# Germany: Did CDU lawmakers support the far-right AfD?

https://mins.news/en/item/89518

- DW, 2026-10-07 11:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-did-cdu-lawmakers-support-the-far-right-afd/a-79577396?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Speculation is growing that some CDU lawmakers secretly backed AfD politician Tobias Rausch’s election as speaker of Saxony-Anhalt’s parliament. The SPD called the possible support a “unique breach of taboos,” reopening debate over the CDU’s firewall against cooperation with the far right.

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