Exit Polls Suggest Germany’s AfD Set for Big Win in Eastern State of Saxony-Anhalt
Exit polls put the far-right AfD near 44.5% as the CDU falls to about 18.5%, leaving coalition options uncertain.
- On Sunday, September 6, the far-right Alternative for Germany won a historic 44 percent in Saxony-Anhalt's state election, though projections suggest the party fell one seat short of the 42 required to govern alone.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union support collapsed to 18.5 percent from 37.1 percent in 2021, as voters' frustration with the federal government's handling of migration and economic stagnation fueled the AfD's surge.
- Germany's domestic intelligence agency has classified the state's AfD branch as 'right-wing extremist' since October 2023, prompting mainstream parties to maintain a 'firewall' of non-cooperation that blocks the party from forming a ruling coalition.
- Lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund declared the result "made history," but now faces a complex path to power dependent on whether the left-wing BSW party clears the five-percent threshold needed to enter parliament.
- Victory in this eastern state bolsters the AfD's national ambitions ahead of 2029, while security experts warn that an AfD-led administration could delay legislation, harden stances against Ukrainian refugees, and disrupt military supply routes to Ukraine.
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welingelichtekringen.nlThe German state of Saxony-Anhalt could face major economic problems if the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) wins the elections there on Sunday. Economists and top executives from the German business community have said this in German media.
Andreas Schwab speaks after the triumph of the Afd in Saxony-Anhalt: "Our economy is no longer that of twenty years ago. Jobs are lost and there is a reduction in the standard of living."
Far-right AfD on course for victory in Saxony-Anhalt
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party on the cusp of power at state level for the first time since World War II. The AfD won 44.4 percent of the vote, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives trailing well behind on 18.3 percent, and the centre-left Social Democrats and environmental Greens both clearing the minimum threshold to…
The German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a landslide victory in the state parliamentary elections of Saxony-Anhalt, a former East German region, securing over 40% of the vote. However, as they are expected to fail to secure a majority of seats, it remains unclear whether they will be able to lead the state government for the first time since their founding. According to the Saxony-Anhalt State Election Commission on the 6th (local …
AfD gained wide advantage and, even without reaching the absolute majority required to rule alone, could do so in a minority in the Land of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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