# CDU Saxony-Anhalt candidate warns against AfD taking power

https://mins.news/en/video/17113

- DW News, 2026-08-08 19:28 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7RLzB_kayA

> Sven Schulze, Saxony-Anhalt’s state premier and the CDU candidate in the upcoming regional election, has sharply criticized the AfD’s xenophobia. He stressed that the state depends on exports and foreign workers. Schulze said the goal cannot be to turn Saxony-Anhalt into a place where people born outside Germany are no longer welcome.

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