# Can AfD form Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II?

https://mins.news/en/item/47648

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-06 20:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/9/6/06-09-sv-germany-afd-wins-saxony-de-fm?traffic_source=rss

> Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany is projected to win the regional election in Saxony-Anhalt with about 44 percent of the vote, more than twice its result five years ago. But other major parties have ruled out cooperating with AfD, leaving it facing an uphill struggle to form a state government.

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