After the AfD's election win in Sachsen-Anhalt, Brussels is openly discussing freezing the state's EU funding — roughly €2.95 billion in the current budget period, about €500 million per year, making

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After the AfD's election win in Sachsen-Anhalt, Brussels is openly discussing freezing the state's EU funding — roughly €2.95 billion in the current budget period, about €500 million per year, making up ~20% of the state's investment spending. The precedent is real. The EU froze up to €18 billion for Hungary and billions for Poland over rule-of-law violations, and in both cases it contributed to government changes. Green MEP Daniel Freund says the same mechanism could apply to Sachsen-Anhal