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18 Articles
Far-right AfD win signals shift in Germany, raises alarm in Europe
“A socio-political earthquake”, “a turning point for Germany”. This is how political analysts and many media outlets have described the surprising victory of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Sunday’s regional elections. But is this description an exaggeration? Saxony-Anhalt is one of Germany’s 16 states and has only around 1.7 million voters, out of around 59 million nationwide. So how important can the state’s politic…
Political earthquake in Germany: AfD win threatens EU’s anti-Russia, pro-migration power bloc
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has triggered a potential shifting of political tectonic plates after winning a historic landslide victory in elections in Germany’s eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD’s triumph marks the first time since World War II that a far-right party has won […]
In the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won the elections but failed to secure an absolute majority. Meanwhile, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party saw its support plummet to half of what it had in the previous elections. SwissInfo explains some of the reasons why eastern Germany has become a stronghold of the far right. For its part, Bild describes the day as…
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