AfD fires up its ‘remigration’ agenda as Croatia faces an uncomfortable scenario

The AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt has left Germany facing an uncertain government-building process and prompted Chancellor Friedrich Merz to acknowledge a major setback for his party.

Merz appeared before reporters in Berlin and described the Christian Democratic Union’s defeat as “one of the most serious defeats in several decades.” The day after the election, he said the change was not limited to Saxony-Anhalt but affected Germany as a whole.

The far-right AfD won 44 percent of the vote in the state, whose capital is Magdeburg. The article says the party achieved the result by mobilizing voters who had not previously participated in elections and by taking some CDU voters.

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One of the most serious defeats in several decades.

Despite the result, the AfD does not hold an absolute majority in the state parliament. There is therefore no clear route to an AfD government led by state premier candidate Ulrich Siegmund. Post-election negotiations will determine whether the AfD has a better chance of forming a government or whether the CDU, SPD, Greens and Left can assemble an anti-AfD coalition.

If neither side can form a government, the article says new state elections could be triggered. Its framing warns that Croatia should prepare for an uncomfortable scenario as the AfD advances its “remigration” agenda.

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Something changed yesterday, not only in Saxony-Anhalt but throughout Germany.