German far-right party candidate thanks Musk after state election win
The far-right party’s surge has intensified fears of racism and tougher deportations among African communities, while it fell three seats short of a majority.
- The AfD secured nearly 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, winning 39 of 83 state parliamentary seats and more than doubling its previous support.
- According to party documents, the AfD campaigned on strict immigration controls, deportations, and what the party terms "remigration" to reduce reliance on "culturally alien" migrants.
- Elon Musk, who declared "only the AfD can save Germany," received praise from lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund, who wrote the party would welcome "strong and constructive cooperation."
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU finished second with about 18%, prompting Merz to say the result had shaken his party "to its very foundations." European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad of France called it "a very grave moment for Europe."
- Between January and June 2026, authorities deported at least 137 Nigerians and 65 people to Gambia, adding to heightened fears about racism among Africans in Saxony-Anhalt.
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