# Who could form a coalition with Germany’s AfD after its election victory?

https://mins.news/en/item/48389

- France 24, 2026-09-07 12:23 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260907-who-could-form-a-coalition-with-germany-s-afd-after-election-victory

> Germany’s far-right AfD scored a landslide win in a key regional election in the former communist east, in a result seen as a sharp rebuke to Chancellor Friedrich Merz. But the party appeared unlikely to secure an outright majority, leaving open the question of who might govern with it.

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