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'We should have learned more from history': Germans react to AfD win – video
The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has won 43.8% of the vote in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt, more than doubling its showing five years ago in the region. Even though the landmark victory puts a far-right party within reach of state power for the first time in Germany since the second world war, the AfD fell three seats short of a majority in the 83-member legislature.If the AfD mana
Published Monday, 7 September 2026 at 17:47
The Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has won 43.8% of the vote in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt, more than doubling its showing five years ago in the region. Even though the landmark victory puts a far-right party within reach of state power for the first time in Germany since the second world war, the AfD fell three seats short of a majority in the 83-member legislature.If the AfD manages to form a government in Saxony-Anhalt, the lead candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, has promised to start a remigration and deportation offensive, ban rainbow flags in schools and halt the building of new windfarmsFar-right AfD wins key German state election but falls just short of majority Continue reading...
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