# Chancellor Merz says AfD result ‘changes all of Germany’

https://mins.news/en/item/48562

- DW, 2026-09-07 15:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/chancellor-merz-says-afd-result-changes-all-of-germany/a-79150560?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the AfD’s victory and the CDU’s defeat in Saxony-Anhalt a catastrophe with consequences for all of Germany and the international stage. He vowed to defend constitutional values and continue his government’s reforms, while the AfD’s near-majority left his party leadership and chancellorship under pressure.

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