Polling stations open in ‘decisive election’
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- Voters began arriving early at polling stations in Saxony-Anhalt, where the far-right AfD is polling above 40%.
Polling stations opened early in Saxony-Anhalt, where voters are casting ballots in what one family called a “decisive election.”
It is a decisive election. We are thinking about the future of our newborn child.
Maria, voting in the state capital Magdeburg, said she and her husband were thinking about the future of their newborn child. Her husband, Clemens, said they wanted “an open and diverse society,” rather than the society he said the AfD wants to build.
The AfD is polling above 40%, and its leading candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, could become Germany’s first far-right state premier. Some voters support that prospect. “Good,” said Werner, a father of young children who declined to be photographed. “We need order and stability in the country.”
We want an open and diverse society. Not the one the AfD wants to build.
Polling stations close at 6 p.m. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to speak later in the evening.
Good. We need order and stability in the country.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. 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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