Europe’s Sovereigntist Leaders Hail AfD
Projected to win 39 of 83 seats, the AfD said voters gave it a mandate to govern as European right-wing allies praised the result.
- On Sunday, September 6, the AfD won about 44 per cent of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, more than doubling the 17.8 per cent result of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's governing Christian Democratic Union.
- The AfD is projected to take 39 of the 83 seats in the Magdeburg parliament, though other parties have refused to work with them and amended the State constitution to restrict their legislative power.
- AfD co-leader Alice Weidel claimed voters handed her party a mandate to govern, while international allies including Viktor Orbán and Geert Wilders of the Dutch Freedom Party celebrated the result, with Wilders posting "CONGRATULATIONS."
- European political figures including Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini and Vox leader Santiago Abascal praised the outcome as a historic demand for change, crossing group lines in the European Parliament.
- State candidate Ulrich Siegmund stated the party made history in Saxony-Anhalt, as two more State elections follow on September 20 in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and in Berlin.
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According to experts, the election result is not limited to this state, but could have a wider impact on all of Germany and Europe.
The election result in Saxony-Anhalt is causing reactions, with Antonio Tajani expressing his concern. "With the election result in Saxony-Anhalt we see the dominance of a political force that is at the opposite end of the liberal and Western values that Forza Italia expresses, it is bad news that we hope will only be an exception at the local level," said Italian Foreign Minister and president of the Forza Italia party Antonio Tajani.
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The far-right AfD has won the elections in Saxony-Anhalt. It is more than likely that it will win the post of the first regional premier in Germany. This will also have implications for German foreign policy in Berlin.
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