Election in Germany could shift political balance as AfD leads by a wide margin
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- About 1.7 million voters in Germanyโs Saxony-Anhalt state are voting to elect a new parliament.
- Recent polls place the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, well ahead of its rivals.
- An AfD victory could alter Germanyโs political balance and produce a historic result.
Around 1.7 million voters in Saxony-Anhalt have gone to the polls to choose a new state parliament.
Recent surveys put the far-right Alternative for Germany, known as AfD, clearly in front. If the party finishes first, the result could become a historic development with repercussions for Germanyโs political balance.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. 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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