# Germany’s conservatives face scrutiny after far-right AfD candidate wins top post

https://mins.news/en/video/90499

- DW News, 2026-10-07 22:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AitoOjjes8E

> Political fallout is growing after an AfD politician won one of Saxony-Anhalt’s highest offices. Critics suspect lawmakers from outside the party may have supported him in a secret ballot, putting Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives under pressure and reviving debate over Germany’s political firewall against the far right.

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