MDR director election: The controversial candidate free press

Most recently, Ralf Ludwig received top-class support. Ironically, the Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff (CDU), who is otherwise so critical of the MDR, expressed his appreciation of the possible new director of the multi-state institution. “Mr. Ludwig is a candidate who comes from the system and knows the MDR very well,” said Haseloff. Ludwig…