# Germany’s far-right AfD poised for major gains in eastern state votes

https://mins.news/en/video/46898

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-05 19:19 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epJVaQxrnYc

> Voters in three eastern German states go to the polls on Sunday, with the far-right Alternative for Germany expected to make significant gains and lead in two states. The party is about twice as popular in the former East Germany as in the west and could win enough support to govern in Saxony-Anhalt. Many backers feel alienated from mainstream society decades after reunification.

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