# Germany: ‘Hard to say’ if AfD win was a protest vote

https://mins.news/en/video/48096

- France 24 English, 2026-09-07 08:44 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8pvzzb0HV0

> Exit polls put the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in first place in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, bringing it closer than ever since World War Two to governing at state level. France 24 correspondent Nick Holdsworth says it is unclear whether the result mainly reflects dissatisfaction with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative government or an explicit endorsement of the AfD.

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