# AfD could lead first far-right state government since Nazi era in German election

https://mins.news/en/item/47489

- France 24, 2026-09-06 16:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260906-afd-could-lead-the-first-far-right-state-government-since-the-dark-days-of-nazism

> Voting is taking place in Germany’s eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt in a closely watched election. Correspondent Nick Holdsworth says an AfD-led state government would be the first regional government headed by a far-right party since the end of World War II and the dark days of Nazism.

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