Rhineland-Palatinate keeps MPK chair as AfD win blocks Saxony-Anhalt handover

Saxony-Anhalt's scheduled October takeover of the Conference of Prime Ministers chairmanship is postponed due to concerns over the AfD's electoral victory there. Rhineland-Palatinate will retain the role, a procedural deviation from the usual rotation. The move signals institutional unease over engaging with a state government potentially influenced by the AfD.