Election Campaign
Sebastian Czaja leaves FDP and backs Wegner
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Berlin's deputy FDP state leader, Sebastian Czaja, is leaving his party and intends to support a bourgeois alliance backing Governing Mayor Kai Wegner of the CDU in the upcoming election campaign. He cites concerns over a potential Left Party victory. The Berlin House of Representatives election is scheduled for September 20.
The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt opened its campaign for the September 6 state election with a rally on the fairgrounds in Magdeburg on Saturday. Federal chair Alice Weidel appeared alongside lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund. Hundreds of demonstrators protested nearby.
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The Avante party announced on Sunday (April 5) that writer Augusto Cury, 67, is its pre-candidate for the 2026 presidential election. Cury, author of self-help books sold in 70 countries, recently joined the party and criticized the current political polarization. The announcement was made on social media.