# Far-right landslide in Germany? Unpacking the odds

https://mins.news/en/video/35536

- DW News, 2026-08-28 11:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q50C-W_pMPY

> With the AfD ahead in polling before Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, Germany’s long-standing political firewall faces a major test. The discussion examines whether a regional vote involving less than 3% of German voters could reshape national politics and alter how mainstream parties respond to the far right’s rise.

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