Campact launches €620,000 campaign to boost SPD and Greens against AfD in Saxony-Anhalt

Published Aug 14, 02:57 PM UTC

The Berlin-based association Campact has launched a €620,000 campaign in Saxony-Anhalt to prevent the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) from forming a government. The campaign includes 13,000 posters and 700,000 flyers urging strategic voting for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. Campact reported a €310,000 in-kind donation to the SPD and Greens, funded by its 'NoAfD Fund' which raised €3 million from over 75,000 donors. A poll commissioned by Campact from pollytix shows the AfD at 43%, the CDU at 23%, the Left Party at 13%, the SPD at 7%, and the Greens at 5%. Campact board member Felix Kolb warned that an AfD sole government would endanger migrants, queer people, and people with disabilities. The campaign does not endorse the BSW party, as its leader Sahra Wagenknecht indicated the party would abstain in the third round of the minister-president election, potentially aiding the AfD. The election is scheduled for September 6.

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