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Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament in Magdeburg as newly elected legislators met for their inaugural session. They urged other parties not to cooperate with the far-right AfD. The agenda included electing a parliamentary president, a post expected to go to AfD member Tobias Rausch.
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AfD politician Tobias Rausch was elected president of the newly elected Saxony-Anhalt state parliament at its first sitting in Magdeburg. The reports described this as the first time an AfD politician has become president of a state parliament in Germany. One report said the 35-year-old Rausch was elected with support from Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht and will hold the post for five years. AfD leader Ulrich Siegmund called the result historic, while opposition parties including Die Linke and the SPD criticised it.
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AfD politician Tobias Rausch was elected president of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. It was the first time the radical-right party had filled the position of president of a state parliament.