# Europe wrestles with impact of historic regional gains for Germany's AfD

https://mins.news/en/item/47865

- BBC News, 2026-09-07 04:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c986w38r4j5o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The AfD’s landslide in Saxony-Anhalt has raised alarms across the EU and intensified pressure on Germany’s centrist coalition and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Although the anti-immigration party fell short of an outright majority, analysts describe the result as an unprecedented hard-right breakthrough since 1945. Its pro-Russia stance also has implications for Germany’s support for Ukraine and Europe’s response to Moscow.

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