# Germany: AfD eyes historic state election win

https://mins.news/en/item/46498

- France 24, 2026-09-05 09:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260905-germany-afd-eyes-historic-state-election-win

> In Saxony-Anhalt, Germany’s far-right AfD is polling at 40% or higher just days before the 6 September 2026 state election. An outright majority could put the party in charge, marking the first time since 1945 that a far-right party has led a German region. Its campaign invokes a return to “the Germany of old” through East German symbols and retro imagery, tapping long-running decline and distrust of established parties.

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