# Could an AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt push Germany into political crisis?

https://mins.news/en/item/53329

- TRT World, 2026-09-10 13:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/bed6f107e242

> Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right AfD’s lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, says the party will not soften its hard-line core positions. The prospect of an AfD victory raises questions about whether it could trigger a political crisis in Germany.

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