Morning papers anticipated an AfD parliament president in Saxony-Anhalt with BSW votes, then attention broke to the arrest of former BND chief August Hanning on suspicion of attempted treason.
By midday Magdeburg reclaimed the front pages: Tobias Rausch was elected Landtagspräsident in secret ballot with four votes more than AfD and BSW hold together, prompting questions about CDU defectors and a reported deal. Hans-Thomas Tillschneider followed as vice-president while the SPD candidate failed. Commentators called the firewall fallen and a historic break since 1945.
In Berlin the fallout fed warnings of a coalition crisis ahead of Wednesday's coalition committee, while details on Hanning shifted from Russia to Azerbaijan as alleged recipient.