# Far-right AfD takes big lead in regional German election

https://mins.news/en/item/47537

- CBC News, 2026-09-06 17:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afd-germany-election-saxony-anhalt-9.7334357?cmp=rss

> Exit polls indicated Sunday that the Alternative for Germany party had opened a strong lead in a regional election. It remains unclear whether AfD can form Germany’s first far-right state government since the Second World War.

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