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Germany Has Changed. Merz Says He Is Shocked After AfD Election Success

From iDNES · () Czech

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the elections in Saxony-Anhalt had changed Germany and that the country could not continue as before.
  • The AfD won the state election with 43.8% of the vote.
  • Saxony-Anhalt’s domestic intelligence service has classified the party as definitively right-wing extremist since 2023.

“Germany has changed. We are shocked,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz said after the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, won a decisive victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.

Speaking at a news conference on Monday, Merz said the result meant Germany could not continue as it had before. He is both chancellor and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union, or CDU.

The AfD won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt. The result came despite the state’s domestic intelligence service considering the party definitively right-wing extremist since 2023.

Germany has changed. We are shocked.

· Friedrich MerzThe German chancellor described his reaction to the AfD’s success in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.
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