# Bundestag member blames EU for AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt

https://mins.news/en/video/48037

- euronews, 2026-09-07 07:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUXYA2j17NQ

> CDU Bundestag member Günter Krings blames EU decisions for part of the anger behind the far-right AfD’s election victory in Saxony-Anhalt, calling the result “devastating.” He says it is too soon, just a day after the vote, to discuss whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz should step back.

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