# Germany’s far right eyes election breakthrough as AfD surges in Saxony-Anhalt

https://mins.news/en/item/45360

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-04 12:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/4/germanys-far-right-eyes-election-breakthrough-as-afd-surges-in-saxony?traffic_source=rss

> The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), which promises to roll back asylum rights, is poised to win a German state election for the first time. It leads polls in Saxony-Anhalt by a wide margin, with its candidate Ulrich Siegmund in contention to head the first far-right state government since World War II.

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