# Why Germany’s far-right AfD has surged in popularity

https://mins.news/en/video/46101

- CBC News, 2026-09-04 22:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4E4s1ftGsI

> Germans vote Sunday in Saxony-Anhalt, where the far-right Alternative for Germany party is rapidly gaining support. A victory would make it the first far-right party to hold state power in Germany since the Nazis. CBC’s Jessica Singer is following the campaign and talking to voters in the state capital, Magdeburg.

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