# Germany’s far-right AfD clear frontrunner in eastern state vote

https://mins.news/en/video/47287

- France 24 English, 2026-09-06 11:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBZF1BeVcyQ

> German voters went to the polls Sunday for a closely watched regional election in the former communist east. The anti-immigrant, Moscow- and Trump-friendly far-right AfD was expected to win an easy majority.

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