# The far-right surge: who is to blame? MEPs clash in The Ring

https://mins.news/en/video/42542

- euronews, 2026-09-02 18:31 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btG0MNl0YQw

> Attention is focused on the election in the small eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. If the far right were to win an absolute majority there, it could disrupt German politics and send shockwaves across Europe, raising fears of a new crisis.

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