Trump attributes state election win of Germany's far-right AfD to immigration rules
Trump said Germany’s immigration rules drove the AfD’s best-ever result, after the party won 43.8% and took first place in the state vote.
- On Sunday, the far-right Alternative for Germany party surged into first place in Saxony-Anhalt state elections, capturing 43.8% of the vote and putting the party within reach of state power for the first time since World War Two.
- Frustration over immigration rules and regulations that had done the country great harm drove the surge, fueling the AfD's support to more than double from the 20.8% it secured in 2021.
- President Donald Trump congratulated the party on Tuesday via his Truth Social platform, concluding his message with "MGGA," a rendering of Make Germany Great Again and a play on his own slogan.
- With 39 of 83 seats in the Magdeburg Landtag, the party remains three seats short of a majority, while the Christian Democratic Union of Minister-President Sven Schulze collapsed to 17.2% from 37.1%.
- Since 2023, the regional Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified the state branch as a confirmed right-wing extremist organization, though the party is currently appealing this designation.
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US President Donald Trump congratulated the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on its election victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on Tuesday local time.
Trump congratulates far-right AfD on landslide win: 'Make Germany Great Again!'
The U.S. president hailed the AfD's historic gains in Saxony-Anhalt with 'Make Germany Great Again,' in his clearest endorsement yet of a party accused of antisemitism and Holocaust distortion
The historic victory of AfD in the regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt this Sunday, September 6th was enthusiastically welcomed by Donald Trump. The US President welcomed the progress of the party...
The far-right AfD won a historic election victory.
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