Key Points
- Regional elections were held in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday and the AfD is the leading party in the polls.
- For the first time since the war, a far-right party could assume a state premiership in Germany.
- The SPD and other parties have launched difficult coalition negotiations to exclude the AfD.
In regional elections held on Sunday in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, with the far-right AfD party leading in the polls, the possibility of a state being governed by this party for the first time in Germany since World War II has emerged. The Social Democrats (SPD) and other parties have begun searching for coalition alternatives to prevent the AfD from taking part in the government.
The election results also signal the rise of right-wing populism at the federal level and the difficulty of coalition engineering. Experts emphasize that if the AfD wins a state premiership (Ministerpräsident), a historic rupture will occur in Germany's political culture.
In Berlin, government parties and the opposition are debating the impact of developments in Saxony-Anhalt on the 2025 federal elections. The AfD gaining legitimacy could reignite issues of trust in democratic institutions and debates on migration policy.
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