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Portugal’s far-right leader hails AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Portugal’s opposition leader André Ventura congratulated Germany’s far-right AfD after exit polls showed it leading in Saxony-Anhalt with between 44% and 44.5% of the vote.
  • Ventura called the result a “historic victory” and linked it to concerns about illegal immigration, corruption, freedom and identity.
  • The projected result put AfD near an absolute majority and potentially within reach of entering a regional government for the first time in Germany.

Portugal’s far-right leader André Ventura celebrated the AfD’s projected victory in Saxony-Anhalt as a “historic victory,” saying German voters were also awakening to what he described as uncontrolled illegal immigration, corruption and the suppression of freedom and identity.

“We still do not know whether there is an absolute majority, but Germans are also becoming aware of illegal and uncontrolled immigration, corruption and the suppression of our freedom and identity. Congratulations!” Ventura wrote on X.

Exit polls from Infratest dimap and Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, prepared for Germany’s public broadcasters ARD and ZDF, respectively, gave the Alternative for Germany between 44% and 44.5% of the vote in Sunday’s election. Those figures placed the party close to an absolute majority.

Ventura is Portugal’s opposition leader after his party finished second in last year’s legislative elections. Since then, the party has secured parliamentary victories, including a ban on the burqa, and supported the Portuguese government’s tougher migration policy.

We still do not know whether there is an absolute majority, but Germans are also becoming aware of illegal and uncontrolled immigration, corruption and the suppression of our freedom and identity. Congratulations!

· André VenturaThe Portuguese opposition leader reacted on X to the AfD’s projected result in Saxony-Anhalt.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. 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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