Only the Beginning? German Far-Right's Breakthrough Shakes Europe to Its Core
The party won 43.8% and may need a coalition partner, with leaders warning the result could produce Germany's first far-right state government since World War II.
- On Sunday, the Alternative for Germany party won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, crushing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union , which held 17.2% support, according to preliminary figures.
- Merz said he was searching for answers to why far-right populism rose so rapidly, suggesting his party may have underestimated the 'fears of our population' amid economic crises and rapid technological change.
- With local leader Ulrich Siegmund, a 35-year-old politician, the AfD secured 44% support on a record turnout of 76 per cent, reactivating 160,000 non-voters and heading toward 39 seats in the 83-seat state parliament.
- In Berlin on Monday, Merz told reporters he was 'deeply shocked,' adding it was impossible to 'go back to business as usual' after voters chose a party that 'questions the democratic institutions in our country.'
- The party is expected to fall 3 seats short of an outright majority, leaving open the question of whether it can form Germany's first far-right state government since World War II before national elections next year.
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Only the beginning? German far-right's breakthrough shakes Europe to its core
Not enough to win outright but enough to shake Germany and Europe to their core: the far-right Alterniv für Deutschland trouncing the ruling conservatives in the impoverished former East German region of Saxony-Anhalt. We’ll ask about the consequences of voting for an anti-immigrant, pro-Russian party that wants schools to teach less about the ills of Hitler and more the glory of Bismarck.
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n1info.rsThe convincing victory of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, although it is three mandates short of forming a government in that federal unit, testifies to the increasingly difficult position of traditional mainstream parties in the country and represents a serious problem for Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU), writes the British newspaper Financial Times t…
Merz rattled by AfD surge, firmly rejects any cooperation with party
Germany’s political centre has been jolted in Saxony-Anhalt, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) vaulted into first place in state elections — a result Chancellor Friedrich Merz said had rattled his Christian Democrats “to its very foundations,” even as he flatly rejected any cooperation with the party. The AfD is now urging politicians from […]
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