AfD's 44% in Germany Divides Europe's Capitals

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In the wake of the far-right's victory in Saxony-Anhalt, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his profound shock. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) garnered nearly 44% of the vote, while his party, the CDU, received only 17%. The AfD, now anti-immigrant and pro-Russian, was founded in 2013 amidst the debt crisis.

charentelibre.fr

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Read our editorial from Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The AfD's victory in the Saxony-Anhalt regional elections is a seismic event. In a country naturally marked by Nazi barbarity where a work

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Although the far-right party AfD (Alternative for Germany) achieved its best electoral result in history on Sunday (6), by winning 44% of the votes in Saxony-Anhalt, that was not enough for the acronym to have a majority in Parliament. Clear winner of the suit, AfD will occupy 39 seats in the House, which has 83 seats. In the parliamentary system of Germany, the head of the executive, both federal and state, is indirectly elected by the Legislat…

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After the AfD-success there is uncertainty, nervousness and doubt in Germany. An classification.