Germany's far-right AfD party won landmark victories in Saxony-Anhalt (September 6) and a second state election on September 21, 2026, achieving its strongest regional showing since World War II. German federal leaders announced plans to restrict the party's access to classified intelligence if it takes power.
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The AfD is about to win a German state election for the first time. Saxony-Anhalt votes tomorrow with the far-right party polling at 41–43% — nearly double the CDU's 22–23%. That's a 20-point swing since 2021. Every other party refuses to govern with them, so even if they win, forming a government could be deadlocked for months. If enough small parties miss the 5% threshold, the AfD could reach an
Germany's far-right AfD seeks landmark state victory as Saxony-Anhalt votes Reuters
BERLIN, Sept 6 - Voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt will go to the polls on Sunday in a closely watched election that could see the Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since the World War Two.
Elections in Saxony-Anhalt, in the country’s east, could result in an outright majority for the Alternative for Germany party.
Saxony-Anhalt elections could see AfD become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since WWII.
Although the eastern state accounts for less than 3% of the nationwide electorate, the election outcome could serve as a bellwether about the far-right AFD's prospects in the rest of the country. DW has the latest.
An eastern German region is voting in an election that could bring to power the first far-right state government in the nation’s post-World War II history.
KYIV POST: CDU Faces Coalition Dilemma as Far-right AfD Surges in Saxony-Anhalt Polls https://www. kyivpost.com/post/83865 Ahead of Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt, the governing German party CDU led by Minister-President Sven Schulze faces mounting internal friction over post-election coalition options. With polls placing the far-right AfD as high as 43% and the CDU near 20%, standard ma
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The vote is seen as a barometer for the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has attempted to chip away at the AfD's popularity by taking a tougher line on migration and security.
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Although the eastern state accounts for less than 3% of the nationwide electorate, the election outcome could serve as a bellwether about the far-right AfD's prospects in the rest of the country. DW has the latest.
The far-right Alternative for Germany decisively won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt amid growing public discontent with the political establishment, but is expected to fall short of an outright majority to form a government.
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Voting is underway in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday in a closely watched election. "If the AfD does form a government in Saxony-Anhalt, that would make it the first regional government headed by a far-right party since the end of the Second World War, since the dark days of Nazism", our correspondent Nick Holdsworth explains.
NEW: Exit polls in Saxony-Anhalt put the far-right AfD at 44.5%, more than double the CDU’s 18.5%.
If the AfD manages to form a government, it would be the first far-right party to lead a German state since World War II
German voters in Saxony-Anhalt could give the right-wing extremist political party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, its most significant achievement since its founding in 2013.
German Far-Right AfD Secures Historic Landslide Win in Saxony-Anhalt With 44.5% The AfD secured 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt exit polls, more than twice the CDU’s share, delivering its strongest result since its 2013 founding. READ MORE
The Alternative for Germany party has a strong lead in a regional election, but it is unclear if it will be able to form Germany's's first far-right state government since WWII, exit polls indicate.
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“Everything is possible” is the election campaign slogan of the far-right Alternative for Germany, the leader in Saxony-Anhalt, where the polls have just closed. It talks of a seminal moment for the country. Ulrich Siegmund, who has been polling in pole position to become the state leader, knows he has history in his grasp.
The far-right Alternative for Germany is projected to win a strong victory in a regional election. But it wasn’t immediately clear Sunday whether it will be able to fulfill its ambition of forming the country’s first far-right state government since…
It could form the country s first far-right state government since World War II.
Germany's far-right party AfD becomes the largest party in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the first far-right win in Germany since World War II.
AfD wins 44.4% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt. In-fucking-sane. They are pro-Russia, they want to quit the Euro, they are racist nazis... how the hell did they get so many votes? "It wants the children of refugees to be taught in segregated classes. Rainbow flags in schools will be banned. Other proposals include citizen patrols, more teaching of Russian in schools and a halt on building new wind
Far-Right political party wins big in German state election: Despite warnings from business and political leaders and increased surveillance by domestic counterintelligence, which has "categorized elements of the party as a threat to democratic institutions," the AfD "secured 44% of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt," leaving it "only three seats short of an outright majority in the s
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The votes have been counted in Saxony-Anhalt and the AfD got 43.8% – more than doubling the seats, but not enough to form a government on their own. Now the options are minority government, or convincing one of the other parties to join them. The AfD’s win in Saxony-Anhalt could give the far right seats in the national Bundesrat for the first time since the federal republic’s creation.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will huddle with his CDU party to discuss and digest their thumping defeat at the hands of the far-right AfD party in a state election in the ex-communist east.
German chancellor faces tough times after first far-right party's state election win since Nazi era AP News
Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) achieved its best-ever election result in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, winning well over 40% of the vote, but the party lacks the majority needed to govern on its own. www.dw.com/en/afd-wants... @deutschewelle.dw.com Following its record-breaking success in the state election, the far-right AfD in Saxony-Anhalt is aiming to form a government.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/g... Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party is soaring in popularity in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. It could form government in an upcoming regional election and become the first far-rig...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is facing intensifying pressure to come up with a convincing response after an overwhelming victory by the far right in a state election delivered a powerful blow to the political establishment.
CDU politician and German MP Günter Krings calls the Saxony-Anhalt election results “devastating”, saying the situation is “even worse than expected” after the far-right AfD won 43.8% of the vote.
The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, does not have a straightforward path to governing Saxony-Anhalt, but a small populist party could clear the way.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged into first place in state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, exit polls showed, putting a far-right party within reach of power at the state level for the first time since World War Two. So who are the AfD, and what could it mean for voters in the state? Rachael Griffiths has more.
The "extraordinary" result may be the "most consequential German state-election result of the postwar era," according to analysts.
An absolute majority from the AfD would make Saxony-Anhalt the first German state led by the far right since the Nazi era: An absolute majority from the AfD would make Saxony-Anhalt the first German state led by the far right since the Nazi era
Even if it doesn’t form government, the far‑right AfD has shaken Germany’s political establishment to the core theconversation.com/even-if-it-d... Voters in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt punished the major parties for their handling of the cost-of-living crisis.
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Friedrich Merz is a pretty exemplary specimen to demonstrate the biggest problem Britain and German now share in tackling the far-right: expecting people who'd be ideally suited to an assistant managerial role a medium-sized branch of [Tesco / Edeka, as appropriate] to run a WHOLE FUCKING COUNTRY. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns a far-right state election win will have a global impact. The
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BERLIN, Sept 7 - The far-right AfD's triumph in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt marks a defeat for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and sends a warning to other European leaders battling the same mixture of slow growth and disillusion with mainstream politics.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Just like Trump did- and I don't think it was just for money The populist, far-right, anti-immigration AfD won the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt
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euobserver.com/235643/afds-... The AfD celebrates its historic win. Saxony-Anhalt’s cultural scene, schools, media and migrant communities are bracing for a future where the far-right decides.
"Germany's populist, far-right Alternative for Germany party has declared victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt after more than doubling its share of the vote in the first of several regional elections this fall. Falling just shy of an absolute majority, it's not yet clear whether the AfD will be able to govern the state of Saxony-Anhalt. But the outcome is already causing a political earthquake."
Germany’s Chancellor Merz: How will a possible AfD-led state government deal with minorities in Saxony-Anhalt? And if boundaries are crossed there, I can tell you that, from the federal government’s point of view, we will do everything to correct it. A state such as Saxony-Anhalt is required to remain loyal to the federal government in the essential areas of policy that are determined at the feder
Aftershocks of party’s win in Saxony-Anhalt will ripple across Germany, with two more state elections this month Europe live – latest updates Germany is reeling from the biggest far-right victory in a state election since the Nazi period after voters in Saxony-Anhalt in the former communist east gave the anti-immigration, pro-Kremlin Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party a thumping first-place f
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 2026.8.27 Guardian 愚劣な極右AfDが選挙で勝ったザクセン州について。 ・冷戦期は東側、東西統一で各産業が大打撃を受け、その後10年間で激しい倒産、失業、人口流出（若年層中心）が起こった。 ・学校や病院の閉鎖、裁判所や警察署の移転（人口減+税収減）。 ・現在の若年層に至るまで二級市民としての劣等感が根付いている。 ・人口減の同地域で移民を排斥すれば更なる労働者不足になる。即ち「死への恐怖からの自殺（オットー・フォン・ビスマルク）」 ・楽な道はない×同じ未来を多くの人が共通で持つことが大事である。 A sense of abandonment could make Saxony-Anhalt the first state government to be solely led by the AfD.
Berlin’s political establishment is staggering after the far-right Alternative for Germany scored a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday night, forcing mainstream parties to confront how to keep it from power, and explain its stunning rise. www.politico.eu/article/turn... “Some say this is a dark day for Saxony-Anhalt. I say: That’s democracy,” summarized the center-right’s state leader.
Bleibt die Frage: Warum wurde diese Partei nicht längst verboten ? "... a party that dabbles in Nazi imagery, distinguishes between “biological” and “passport” Germans, and is too extreme even for France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen, ..." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... Saxony-Anhalt win part of wider trend driven by mainstream policy failures and gradual normalisation of far right ideas
A good, clear, calm analysis of the AfD's win in Saxony-Anhalt, from a Brit who has lived in Germany for over two decades. If you're concerned about the rise of the far-right in Europe, this is worth ten minutes of your time: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=aggmXyY3Se0
Crisis-hit Volkswagen has struck a preliminary deal to sell its Osnabrück plant in Lower Saxony to the state government and Israeli investor Aurelius Capital. From mid 2027, the iconic factory is expected to start producing equipment for Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, the company behind the Iron Dome missile defence system. But first, a look at the state of the German economy following far-right
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📰 'Turning blind eye' to AfD win further angers voters, political scientist warns Chancellor Merz's government must recognise the far-right AfD's victory in Saxony-Anhalt and voter discontent that led to the win, or further cement its downfall, an expert on East German politics warned.... 🔗 http://www. euronews.com/2026/09/08/turnin g-blind-eye-to-afd-win-further-angers-voters-political-scientis
The AfD won the election in the eastern German state by a wide margin. While politicians and election analysts are still debating the reasons for the far-right party's popularity, economists are sounding the alarm.
Holocaust survivor 'appalled' by prospect of far-right in power in German state Reuters
The Alternative for Germany party's victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday has left a far-right party within reach of power in a German state for the first time since World War II.
After the AfD’s landslide win in Saxony-Anhalt, people in the state capital share what they make of the result – and what comes next • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Asking residents in a city where a seismic political event has just taken place ‘How do you feel?’ demands chutzpah – this struck me as I walked around Magdeburg, Germany on Monday. The night before, th
Holocaust survivor 'appalled' by prospect of far-right in power in German state https://www. reuters.com/world/holocaust-su rvivor-appalled-by-prospect-far-right-power-german-state-2026-09-09/
STOCKHOLM, Sept 10- - Swedes will vote on Sunday in a tight election that has effectively become a referendum on whether the far-right Sweden Democrats should join the government and cement their journey from pariahs to trusted partners in a country once seen as one of Europe's most liberal.
With its sweeping victory in a key state election, the far-right Alternative for Germany is putting pressure on the ruling federal coalition and could nudge Berlin towards a more pragmatic approach to China, analysts said. By securing 43.8 per cent of the vote in the September 6 election in Saxony-Anhalt – more than double its 2021 result – the AfD sent shock waves and piled further pressure on Ch
MAGDEBURG, Germany, Sept 11 - After its triumph in Sunday's state election in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany's far-right AfD needs to attract defectors from other parties or reach an agreement with the small far-left BSW party that is setting difficult conditions in return for its support.
Elbit Systems is reportedly in talks to build a defense-components plant employing up to 400 people in Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD is seeking to form a government after falling just short of an outright majority
Kate Connolly: AfD’s new state MPs include ex-Stasi officer, former porn actor, neopagans and neo-Nazis Far-right German party’s newly elected representatives face fresh scrutiny as it tries to form government in Saxony-Anhalt Two of the MPs were already under criminal investigation. # Germany # afd # stasi # neonazis # SaxonyAnhalt https://www. theguardian.com/world/2026/sep /11/afd-mps-scrutiny-
Swedes vote in election that could usher far right into government Reuters
STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 - Swedes vote in an election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the liberalism it has long been known for.
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Country heads to the polls as latest polling shows 0.3-point gap between left and right wing blocs in Stockholm We kick off our coverage of the 2026 Swedish parliamentary election which could see the far right enter government for the first time if the country’s rightwing parties can form a majority – or a new centre-left government take control instead. “In 2022, the current prime minister, Ulf K
Sept 14 - Germany's under-fire Chancellor Friedrich Merz won some respite on Monday after his CDU conservatives topped municipal polls in the state of Lower Saxony, provisional results showed, with the far-right Alternative for Germany also making strong gains.
Germany’s far-right party is counting on surging support among voters to help it break through the firewall that the country’s established parties still hope will prevent it from taking power at state level for the first time since World War II.
Deadly hypocrisy Our European politicians are so shocked by the far-right’s victory in Germany that they are still frequenting the channel where the far right is promoted by the boss’s algorithms 👇 Far-right win in Germany regional race sends shockwaves through Europe www.jta.org/2026/09/07/g... German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said it was impossible to “go back to business as usual” after so man
Alternative for Germany, an anti-immigrant party widely known as the AfD, could take power in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, spurring panic among its immigrant population.
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Even as the ‘extremist’ AfD seeks further election gains in Germany, Europe’s leaders can learn from Sweden’s dangerous embrace with far-right ideology Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Europe’s focus turned nervously to Sweden on Sunday, after an explosive election in Germany just a week earlier placed a far-right party, officially classed as “extremist”, on the brink
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As I’ve been trying to warn, if conditions remain the same, a far-right government is coming in one form or another by the end of the decade just as night follows day. None of the events that might derail the rise of far-right populism in Austria have thus far materialized. The far-right Freedom Party continues to lead in the polls. A recent interview with party leader Herbert Kickl provided clues
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Germany is gearing up for two more pivotal state elections on Sunday: in the capital Berlin and in the largely rural region of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. All eyes are on the far-right AfD, which after recording its best ever result in the recent Saxony-Anhalt elections, is hoping to once again make sweeping gains. The anti-immigration party's surging popularity is proving challenging for Chanc
Embattled Friedrich Merz faces nervous wait while far-right Alternative für Deutschland party targets further gains Voters in two German states are going to the polls with the political future of the embattled chancellor, Friedrich Merz, hanging in the balance and an emboldened far right targeting further gains. Coming two weeks after a seismic election in Saxony-Anhalt in which the anti-immigrati
The far-right AfD has come first in the state election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with Chancellor Merz's CDU failing to enter parliament. Meanwhile the Left Party took first place in Berlin. DW has more.
Germans head to polls in two state elections that could decide Chancellor Merz’s fate. The state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania come two weeks after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt.
Yes, a week old; but how well understood by all of us?... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... Fears expressed for immigrants and for country’s future after AfD vote hits historic high in Saxony-Anhalt
Two weeks after the far-right AfD won its first major regional election in Germany, two more eastern states vote this Sunday. Polls have just opened in the capital, Berlin, and the largely rural state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Berlin, Jörg Taszman.
Exit polls show Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party suffering heavy losses in two German state elections. This increases pressure on a leader who has struggled to revive Europe's biggest economy and curb the rise of the far-right AfD party. Merz’s center-right…
Germany’s anti-capitalist Left party, which pledged to expropriate housing from private realestate companies, is poised to win an election in the city-state of Berlin, beating both the ruling Conservatives of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the far-right Alternative for Germany.
In another election in Berlin, the far-left Linke party was on 24.5 per cent, ahead of Chancellor Merz’s party and the AfD.
the second claim about the Italian name is on the English DW article after the image of Musk (sorry) shorturl.at/s3M2c the first part about Ms MA is clear from the headline of the German paywalled article "The BSW is under the management of "Mohammed Ali and that half-Italian," - Kirchner Germany's far-right AfD party is riding high after its latest electoral triumph in Saxony-Anhalt. But one ques
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised for a second state election win just two weeks after its landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt, projections showed on Sunday, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative party set for its worst- app.ekkow.com/147447025992... The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is poised for a second state election win just two weeks after its land
It’s been reported that in the German elections, a far right party has made ‘significant gains’. In the UK (at least before the scandals) Reform UK seems to have had a significant boost and has even surpassed the right-wing Conservative Party in some polls/predictions. Even France, one or two years ago, was threatened with a far-right government due to the French far right party gaining a lot of s
🇩🇪 Germany’s political upheaval is reaching far beyond Berlin. With Merz weakened and the AfD surging, what could Germany’s domestic crisis mean for its policies on Syria, Israel and Turkey? www.thelevantfiles.org/2026/09/germ... #Germany #Merz #AfD #Syria #Israel #Turkey #Levant Far-right gains in Germany’s northeast leave Berlin’s Syria, Israel and Turkey files increasingly exposed to a chance
Lol, lmao, CDU (the default right wing party in Germany) might have just scored <5% in a state election, thus missing the threshold for getting seats in that states parliament. Mind you, this isnt actually good news, given the far right extremist AfD skyrocketed to 38%/first place in that election. But you know. Lol.
BERLIN, Sept 20 - The far-left Left Party's victory in the Berlin state election on Sunday was overshadowed by the continuing advance of the far-right in eastern Germany but it marked another defeat for Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling coalition.
KYIV INDEPENDENT: Merz decries 'disaster' as far-right AfD party set for big win in regional German elections https:// kyivindependent.com/merz-decri es-disaster-as-far-right-afd-party-set-for-big-win-in-regional-german-elections/ The far-right, Kremlin-friendly Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was projected to take first place in regional elections in Germany on Sept. 20, delivering a stinging
aje.news/ihbjht Congratulations. SOLIDARITY. War no solution. We need homes, skills, Green EU plan at trade union rates: solar from South, wind North, wave West - a New anti-fascist non-authoritarian Deal that sanctions genociders German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says election results are a 'disaster' for his Christian Democratic Union party.
The AfD won its second first-place result in state elections this year, bringing the party closer to regional power than any far-right party since WWII.
'We can counter the AfD': In this eastern German city, local leaders refuse to give ground 'Europe's far right takes root' (1/6). In Weissenfels, Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right AfD scored a historic result in the regional election held on September 6. Conservative Mayor Martin Papke (CDU) believes that '80% of the far right's success comes from its extremely effective marketing.'
With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group’s access to classified intelligence.
BIG: Germany’s federal government is preparing measures to restrict the far-right AfD’s access to classified intelligence if the party takes power in Saxony-Anhalt. German officials fear sensitive information, especially related to Russia and the war in Ukraine, could be shared with Moscow because of some AfD figures’ ties and favorable views toward Russia. The AfD rejects the allegations, calling