# Germany’s far-right AfD surges to historic state election victory

https://mins.news/en/item/47757

- Fox News, 2026-09-07 01:36 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/germanys-far-right-party-afd-surges-historic-victory-state-election

> 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.

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