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There is actually a politician in the state of Saxony-Anhalt who is still interested in maintaining the Kenya coalition as a bulwark against the AfD - and who is still critical of an increase in the broadcasting fee.
His name is Reiner Haseloff.
Again and again he warned the broadcasters about imbalances, demanded spending discipline, and criticized the sometimes clichéd reporting about the East.
Without success.
In the west, where the big broadcasting houses are located, everything went on as before.
Incidentally, this was also due to the fact that the West German Prime Ministers, including many Union members, allowed the institutions to work.
The fact that Haseloff signed the state media treaty in the summer despite this situation can be criticized as a mistake.
But in June the political situation was different.
At the time, the left also announced resistance to the premium increase.
And of course, the critics of the Saxony-Anhalt CDU have to hear that, the debate would look different if the left had stuck to their no.
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Instead, she made a Machiavellian U-turn, building the AfD trap for the Union, into which it slipped happily whistling.
Incidentally, in Saxony the left abstained from voting on the subject in the state parliament.
Does that make them half-Nazis there now?
The 66-year-old physicist Haseloff currently has the most difficult job available in German politics.
The chance of a face-saving agreement was wasted.
Now it's all about damage control.
In the end, a situation could arise in which Haseloff has to combine his personal fate with the approval of the unloved government proposal in order to save the coalition.
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Success would by no means be guaranteed with a vote of confidence.
It would not only be a vote on the matter, but also on the future direction of the Union.
But there are no longer any good solutions in Magdeburg.
Only bad ones - and worse ones.