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Ex-Chancellor Merkel on AfD in Saxony-Anhalt: "I Think We Have to Fight for This Democracy again."

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Old Chancellor Angela Merkel follows the current election campaign. She formulates her observations and expectations a few days before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt at an event in Berlin.

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One week before the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Chancellor Merkel called for democracy to be promoted. At an event at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, she said that after decades one had to be a little brave again and say that democracy was a great way of living.

·Germany
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Angela Merkel calls for the "fight for democracy" and complains that the AfD is now determining Germany's political debates. The old chancellor would only have to look at her own reign: the alleged rescue of the euro, the decomposition of the conservative CDU profile and the migration policy of 2015 paved the way for the AfD from the euro-critical protest project to the political great power. Now the party in Saxony-Anhalt stands at 42 percent –…

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One week before the state election in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD continues to be a clear leader in the polls, and an absolute majority in mandates is possible. Angela Merkel's alarm bells are now also shrill. The ex-Chancellor made an urgent appeal to the voters ...

·Vienna, Austria
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A week before state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on people to stand up for democracy. "I believe that now, once again - something we haven't had to do for many decades - we have to really fight for this democracy, just stand up for it, be a little brave, stay true to our word and say that this is a wonderful way to live," Merkel said at an event in Berlin on Saturday. She stressed that most people…

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Old Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for the fight for democracy against the AfD before the election in Saxony-Anhalt.

·Berlin, Germany
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Chancellor Merkel comments on the ongoing election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt and appeals to the Germans: anyone who wants this democracy should also fight for it. She warns against the AfD determining every conversation.

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Zeit Online broke the news in Germany on Saturday, August 29, 2026.
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