Sachsen-Anhalt’s Ministerpräsident, Reiner Haseloff (CDU), expects differences between East and West Germany to remain visible for a long time to come. “We have a reunified Germany, but the reunification is not yet complete” Haseloff told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” (Friday edition). “The sins of the fathers go until the third and fourth generation, as the Bible says. That means that a hundred years after the fall of the wall, the division caused by the division may no longer be visible in the Statistical Yearbook.”
In response to a question about whether his party, the CDU, adequately takes into account the mood in East Germany, the Sachsen-Anhalt Minister President said: “I’m not sure.” He referred to the Bundestagswahl. “The Ampel was rejected by the people, clear. But the CDU was also on the ballot. And yet, in many eastern regions, almost half of the people voted for the AfD, which wants to abolish our political system, so that must be clearly named.