# ‘Battle for the soul of Germany’: How the AfD’s election victory played out

https://mins.news/en/video/50195

- BBC News, 2026-09-08 18:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XeU2UHoiwM

> The far-right Alternative for Germany has won a historic victory in elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt and says it is now very close to taking power there. That would mark the first time a far-right party has governed a German state since the Second World War. The report examines how the AfD attracted voters and why critics compare it with the Nazis.

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