# Far-right AfD scores crushing victory in German state election

https://mins.news/en/video/48177

- France 24 English, 2026-09-07 09:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJnlpuLQNLE

> Exit polls showed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) finishing first in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election. The result brings the party within reach of governing at state level for the first time since World War Two, although it fell just short of an overall majority.

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