# Live: AfD and SPD respond to election results

https://mins.news/en/video/66976

- DW News, 2026-09-21 07:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5q-9aKWyUI

> Following state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, German political parties are responding. Leaders of the far-right AfD and center-left SPD are presenting their interpretations of election night and explaining what they plan to do next.

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