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AfD party’s landslide win in eastern Germany tests country’s ‘firewall’ against the far right
AfD’s 43.8% vote share and 39 seats could force other parties to consider unusual alliances to keep the far right out of power.
- On Sunday, the Alternative for Germany surged into first place in Saxony-Anhalt state elections with 44% of the vote, placing a far-right party on the cusp of state power for the first time since World War II.
- This result handed a drubbing to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union , ending the party's 24-year leadership in Saxony-Anhalt as voters expressed deep unpopularity with the ruling coalition's direction.
- The AfD secured 43.8% of the vote, representing 39 seats in the 83-member state parliament, with 35-year-old lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund declaring, "We have made history in this country."
- Alice Weidel, AfD co-chair, told CNN she expects Merz to be out by Christmas, while the Chancellor prepares for cabinet crisis talks today amid official results expected tonight.
- Voter turnout reached 77% in the election, reflecting a fracturing political landscape as the rise of hardline parties positions the AfD as a major force ahead of federal elections in 2029.
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AfD Party's Landslide Win in Eastern Germany Tests Country's ...
·Boca Raton, United States
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Reassured by its electoral victory in eastern Germany, the far-right AfD party displayed its national ambitions today, although the party did not obtain an absolute majority in Parliament.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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From Moscow many eyes look at the outcome of yesterday's election. Russian media see Siegmund in the office and Merz in the dead end. But the Kremlin remains strangely silent.
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Leaning Left8Leaning Right4Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution45% Left
Bias Distribution
- 45% of the sources lean Left
45% Left
L 45%
C 33%
R 22%
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