# Merz ‘deeply shocked’ after major AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt

https://mins.news/en/video/48684

- euronews, 2026-09-07 17:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLousPbrvsI

> German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in Berlin on Monday that he saw a society “longing for disruption” and “fundamental change”, after the AfD secured a major victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.

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