# Far-right German party wins state election; what’s next?

https://mins.news/en/video/48715

- CNN, 2026-09-07 17:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi9mz_wWXs

> The Alternative for Germany has won a historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Preliminary results gave the far-right party 44% of the vote and 39 of the state parliament’s 83 seats, bringing it closer than any far-right party since World War II to holding power in a German state.

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