PoliticsGermany’s far-right AfD surges to historic state election victory
The far-right Alternative for Germany was projected to win more than 44% in Saxony-Anhalt, dealing a major blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union. AfD sought an outright majority to form Germany’s first far-right state government since World War II, but projections initially left it just short.
Germany’s far-right AfD surges to historic state election victory
