The parties' election-postersElection in Saxony-Anhalt
A billboard by the Christian Democratic Union, reading "Unsere Heimat. Unsere Menschen. Meine Verantwortung. Dr. Reiner Haseloff. Ministerpräsident von Sachsen-Anhalt", which translates into "Our Home. Our People. My Responsibility. Dr Reiner Haseloff, prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt".This is a billboard by the CDU. CDU is short for Christian Democratic Union. The party’s most popular face in Saxony-Anhalt is Dr Reiner Haseloff, but he is not in the billboard. Haseloff has been prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt since 2011 and wants to get re-elected into office. He is 62 years old and has been a member of the CDU since 1976.
The state association of the CDU is more than 70 years old. The party is campaigning with its plans to reduce bureaucracy for the economy. Another key issue in their campaign is the refugee policy. The CDU wants to temporarily provide refuge for everyone, who has flown war and persecution. Still, Germany cannot become a permanent new home for everyone, they argue.Bildrechte: MDR/Luca Deutschländer
A billboard by the Christian Democratic Union, reading "Unsere Heimat. Unsere Menschen. Meine Verantwortung. Dr. Reiner Haseloff. Ministerpräsident von Sachsen-Anhalt", which translates into "Our Home. Our People. My Responsibility. Dr Reiner Haseloff, prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt".This is a billboard by the CDU. CDU is short for Christian Democratic Union. The party’s most popular face in Saxony-Anhalt is Dr Reiner Haseloff, but he is not in the billboard. Haseloff has been prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt since 2011 and wants to get re-elected into office. He is 62 years old and has been a member of the CDU since 1976.
The state association of the CDU is more than 70 years old. The party is campaigning with its plans to reduce bureaucracy for the economy. Another key issue in their campaign is the refugee policy. The CDU wants to temporarily provide refuge for everyone, who has flown war and persecution. Still, Germany cannot become a permanent new home for everyone, they argue.Bildrechte: MDR/Luca Deutschländer
Frontrunner Wulf Gallert with the caption "Ich kann. Ich will. Ich werde." Which translates into "I can. I want. I will."This is Wulf Gallert. He is the frontrunner for the leftist party "Die LINKE" for the state election in Saxony-Anhalt. He is running for the third time. Wulf Gallert is 52 years old and wants to establish a government coalition together with the SPD and The Green Party. He says that Saxony-Anhalt has a lot of unused potential. The party Die LINKE has formed itself in 2007, when two leftist parties merged. One of the precursors of Die LINKE is the SED (the socialist Union Party), which ruled the GDR.
Die LINKE wants more money for teachers and the police in Saxony-Anhalt. They also want more women in leading positions in the society. Their position when it comes to refugees is to provide better offers for language-learning and education as well better opportunities for work. They claim that these are important pieces of successful integration.
For the first time in many years, more people are moving to Saxony-Anhalt than are leaving the state. Die LINKE sees this as a great chance.Bildrechte: MDR/Luca Deutschländer
The SPD-billboard also shows the party’s frontrunner Katrin Budde, with the caption "It is time for fair wages".This is Katrin Budde, she is the frontrunner for the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD. She is hoping to get elected new prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt on March 13. She has been parliamentary party leader in Saxony-Anhalt for ten years. It is the 50-year-old’s first time as frontrunner for her party. Budde studied engineering. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 sparked her political interest. She has been politically active ever since then.
Their core issue is social justice. The SPD wants higher wages for the people in Saxony-Anhalt. They also say that the state needs to be better marketed to tourists, in order to strengthen an important economic factor.Bildrechte: MDR/Luca Deutschländer
A billboard by the German Green party "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen" with the claim "Green for Mother Nature"Germany’s Green Party is known as "Bündnis 90/Die Grünen". They are also campaigning for state parliament. Their frontrunner’s name is Claudia Dalbert, a 61-year-old psychologist and university-teacher. She has been involved in the politics of Saxony-Anhalt for a few years now. She already was frontrunner for her party once before, in 2011, when she and her party already managed to get into the state parliament.
"Bündnis 90/Die Grünen" have devoted their campaign to four central issues. With "Green for Mother Nature", the party wants to advocate for renewable energy source and wind power instead of brown coal. Other issues are farm animal welfare and equal chances in education for all children, as well as the fight against Neo-Nazism and for democracy.Bildrechte: MDR/Luca Deutschländer
FDP-Frontrunner Frank Sitta with the caption "Wir sind fleißig, mutig und schlau. Wir werden nur nicht so regiert. Keine Wahl wie jede andere. Machen wir was draus", which translates into "We are hardworking, brave and smart. Only we are not goverened like it. No choice like any other, so let us make something out of it".This is Frank Sitta. He is the frontrunner for the FDP, the Free Democratic Party. They are not in the state parliament at the moment, but definitely want to change that. To reenter the parliament, the FDP has made 37-year-old political scientist Frank Sitta their frontrunner.
The party makes the currently governing coalition of CDU and SPD responsible for what they call a gridlock. The FDP wants to change that, for example by expanding the railroad- and road network. In the party’s eyes, the current situation is responsible for the overtly long morning commute of many workers in the state. They also want to get even the smallest villages connected to high-speed internet and they also want better education for young people.Bildrechte: MDR/Luca Deutschländer
The caption on this poster by the AfD reads "Sichere Grenzen statt grenzenloser Kriminalität", which translates into "safe borders instead of limitless crime". The caption above reads "Wir für unsere Heimat", which means "We for our home." Their claim in the bottom-left corner reads "WIR sind Deine Stimme dafür", which means "We are your vote for this".This is the first time ever that "Alternative für Deutschland" is taking part in the election for state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt. It is a relatively young party, their state association has been founded in 2013. Their frontrunner is 40-year-old entrepreneur André Poggenburg.
In their early days, the party was mostly critical of the Euro, but later on the AfD developed into a party mostly critical of refugees. According to their views, closing the German borders will stop a "chaotic mass-immigration". The AfD is viewed by many onlookers as right-wing and populist. They call themselves liberal- and national-conservative.Bildrechte: MDR/Luca Deutschländer
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ARD.