# Europe’s far right: Putin’s best friend?

https://mins.news/en/item/52467

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-10 05:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/10/europes-far-right-putins-best-friend?traffic_source=rss

> The Alternative for Germany’s emphatic victory in Saxony-Anhalt raises the prospect of a Russia-friendly party leading a regional government in a core EU member state. The rise of AfD and France’s National Rally could deepen Europe’s divisions over Ukraine and Russia and make a unified EU foreign policy harder to sustain.

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