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Is This Germany’s ‘Most Dangerous Man?’

Summary by CNN
Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right alternative candidate for Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt region, has been dubbed ‘Germany’s most dangerous man’ by Der Spiegel magazine. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen explores why.

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At 35 years old, Ulrich Siegmund led to the victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), an anti-migrant party, russophile and favorable to Donald Trump. "We wrote history," he said as soon as the first results were announced.

·France
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At 35, Ulrich Siegmund dreams of leading the Alternative for Germany (AfD), an anti-immigrant, pro-Russian and pro-Donald Trump party that has been leading the polls for months. Behind his smile and ease on social media, Ulrich Siegmund has a historic goal: to become the first post-war far-right leader to lead a German region. But that didn't come without sparking protests in Saxony-Anhalt, where 6,000 people showed up on Saturday to protest his…

·Bucharest, Romania
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He wants to scrap public service, improve relations with Russia and launch a large-scale deportation campaign. With the AfD's Ulrich Siegmund, one of "Europe's most extreme far-right parties" could gain its own majority in a German state parliament - for the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic in 1949.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Today's election battle in Saxony-Anhalt could be a "black" historical milestone in post-war Germany, with the possible first election of a far-right figure as state premier The post "The most dangerous man in Germany" – Ulrich Sigmund, the catalyst for the AfD's rise to power? appeared first on in.gr.

·Greece
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The AfD leader in Saxony-Anhalt has been called 'Germany's most dangerous man'. He could take power in the state on Sunday

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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This rising figure of the German far right led the list in the regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September. It could allow AfD to lead a Land for the first time since the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany.

·Paris, France
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Ara.cat broke the news on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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