Germany Faces Potential Far-Right Victory in Saxony-Anhalt

German region votes in election that could bring first far-right state government to power - AP News

German region votes in election that could bring first far-right state government to power  AP News

German far-right set for big win eastern state - exit polls

Germany's AfD has hailed a "historic result" and is projected to win 44.5% of the vote, far ahead of the conservative CDU on 18.5%.

German Far-Right AfD Secures 44.5% in Saxony-Anhalt Vote, CDU Trails

The far-right Alternative for Germany decisively won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt amid growing public discontent with the political establishment, but is expected to fall short of an outright majority to form a government.

By Arne Delfs, Kamil Kowalcze and Michael Nienaber

German state heads to regional polls in far-right cliffhanger

AfD is within reach of power in eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt

Alternative for Germany looks for big boost in regional elections in Germany

The nationalist, anti-immigrant party known as AfD, has been labeled “extremist” by German authorities, but is running strong in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

By Mary Ilyushina, Maegan Vazquez

Far-right AfD predicted to win big in crucial German state election

Polling stations open in Saxony-Anhalt with anti-immigration party AfD predicted to gain 41% vote share German voterswent to the polls on Sunday for a crucial regional election where the far-right, anti-immigration and Moscow-friendly Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is expected to win. AfD, polling at more than 40% for months in Saxony-Anhalt, even has its sights on winning its first-ever state government, although this is far from assured. Continue reading...

By Agence France-Presse in Magdeburg

Anti-migrant AfD seeks to break Germany’s political ‘firewall’ in historic state election

Young voters are fueling Germany's AfD surge in Saxony-Anhalt, where lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund has amassed over 700,000 TikTok followers.

Saxony-Anhalt: Far-right AfD secures huge lead in key vote

Although the eastern state accounts for less than 3% of the nationwide electorate, the election outcome could serve as a bellwether about the far-right AfD's prospects in the rest of the country. DW has the latest.

Germans vote in state election that could bring first far-right government to power since World War II

The vote for the state legislature in Saxony-Anhalt is the best chance yet of a governor’s post for the far-right, anti-migration Alternative for Germany

By Geir Moulson And Kerstin Sopke

AfD could lead "the first far-right state government since the dark days of Nazism"

Voting is underway in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday in a closely watched election. "If the AfD does form a government in Saxony-Anhalt, that would make it the first regional government headed by a far-right party since the end of the Second World War, since the dark days of Nazism", our correspondent Nick Holdsworth explains.

By FRANCE24

Germany braced for political earthquake as far-right AfD eyes first taste of power

Germany’s AfD party is on course to win a state election this weekend, creating a problem for the rest of the country’s political parties, writes James C. Reynolds

By James C. Reynolds

‘Can no longer be stopped’: AfD races towards historic win in Germany state vote

Voting is currently taking place in Saxony-Anhalt's vital state election, representing an important benchmark for the far-right AfD party. Latest surveys indicate they are notably ahead, with a chance to obtain a full majority, possibly leading to their first state governance since WWII. The results will be crucial in assessing Chancellor Friedrich Merz's approach to migration and security, with weeks of coalition talks likely if no party secures a majority.

By VIJAYA SRIVASTAVA

AfD is predicted to win 40% in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Should Jews worry? - analysis

German voters in Saxony-Anhalt could give the right-wing extremist political party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, its most significant achievement since its founding in 2013.

Germany's far-right AfD seeking victory in state election

Voting in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt is under way in a closely watched election that could see the Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II.

‘We can only win’: The rise of the far right in Eastern Germany

Helped by Merz's deepening slide in the polls — plumbing record lows for a postwar chancellor — the AfD is approaching 30% across the country.

Germany’s far-right AfD eyes historic breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt election

Voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls on Sunday in an election that could hand the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its biggest political breakthrough yet.

By RFI

Security forces kill over 20 terrorists during multiple engagement in KP: ISPR

Security forces killed over 20 terrorists during multiple engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between September 3 and 5, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the slain terrorists were sponsored by India and belonged to Fitna-al-Khawarij — a term the state uses for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The ISPR statement mentioned an engagement in KP’s North Waziristan on the night between August 31 and September 1. Securit...

By none@none.com (News Desk)

Ronald Meinardus: Saxony-Anhalt election tests Germany’s resistance to the far right

The ballot on September 6 in Saxony-Anhalt is no ordinary regional election. It has taken on the character of a test for the entire post-war political system of the European Union’s largest economy, since, if the polls are confirmed, a far-right party could for the first time win power and take charge of a German […]

By Xenia Tourki

Germany's far-right AfD eyes historic breakthrough in eastern state election

The latest poll gave the party a commanding lead of 41%.

Germany’s far-right AfD seeks landmark state victory as Saxony-Anhalt votes

By Reuters

AfD Predicted To Win In Saxony-Anhalt As Merz Panics, Antifa Floods Streets

AfD Predicted To Win In Saxony-Anhalt As Merz Panics, Antifa Floods Streets Voters in Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls today in an election that could deliver Germany's most massive political shock in decades, with the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland on track to beat Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats. AfD is the only hope for Germany https://t.co/6ONn1LOipE August 19, 2026 Final polling estimates put the AfD at 40% to 41%, nearly double the CDU's 23%. The pa...

By Tyler Durden

Polls put Germany’s AfD on course for its first state government, with ripple effects across Europe

Saxony-Anhalt is one of Germany’s smallest states, home to just over two million people, with limited economic weight compared with the country’s major industrial centres, and for decades it stayed far from the centre of political developments in Berlin. Today, however, the ballot in this eastern German state could trigger a political earthquake with consequences […] The post Polls put Germany’s AfD on course for its first state government, with ripple effects across Europe appeared first on ...

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AfD eyes first German state government in Saxony-Anhalt vote - Kuwait Times

AfD eyes first German state government in Saxony-Anhalt vote  Kuwait Times

German far-right AfD eyes historic state government breakthrough first time since WWII

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is leading in the polls as voters in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt head to the polls today, September 6, 2026, putting the party on the brink of leading a German state government for the first time since World War II.