AfD triumph is a fiasco for Chancellor Merz
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- The AfD doubled its previous result in Saxony-Anhalt after unexpectedly high voter turnout.
- The result represented an unprecedented punishment for the CDU in the state, according to the article.
- The BSW or defecting CDU lawmakers could still determine whether the AfD forms a government alone, but the article calls the result extraordinary.
The result is described as unmistakable: unexpectedly large numbers of voters went to the polls in Saxony-Anhalt, doubled the AfD’s previous result and punished the CDU on an unprecedented scale.
The article says the outcome could still produce an AfD-only government if the struggling Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance or lawmakers prepared to leave the CDU help provide the necessary support in the coming hours and days.
Whatever happens next, the result itself is presented as spectacular. No German state, the article says, has ever voted in this way. Its warning reaches beyond Saxony-Anhalt: what began there will not end there.
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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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