AfD Set for Strongest Ever Showing in Saxony-Anhalt Vote
The AfD is polling above 40% and could win an outright majority if smaller parties miss Germany’s 5% threshold, surveys show.
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Germany's far-right AfD expected to win crucial eastern state vote
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which has run on a campaign of anti-immigrant and pro-Moscow rhetoric, is expected to handily win Sunday's crucial election in the country's ex-communist East. The AfD's Saxony-Anhalt branch has been categorized as 'right-wing extremist' by Germany's domestic intelligence agency,
The ultra-right rubs 40% and aspires to rule for the first time a German 'Land' while the cordon sanitaire the extremist is dead Read
Voters in the state of Saxony-Anhalt are going to the state elections on Sunday. Around 1.7 million eligible voters will decide the composition of the state parliament and, consequently, the state government. According to polls, the patriotic AfD is the strongest political party. Polls show that it will receive between 41 and 42 percent of the vote, while the CDU (EPP) of Sven Schulze (current Minister for Economic Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture …
From the GDR to the AfD stronghold: How economic upheaval and protest elections in Saxony-Anhalt have changed politically since the turn of the year.
Friedrich Merz's fate could also depend on the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, where a historic result could be achieved. The advance of the far right is being exacerbated by the escalating international situation, and in Saxony-Anhalt, the perfect storm has come together for a clear AfD victory.
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