Far-right AfD wins 39 seats in Saxony-Anhalt but falls short of majority as coalition talks loom
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The far-right Alternative for Germany party secured 44% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, winning 39 of 83 parliamentary seats but falling short of an absolute majority, according to reporting on Friday. The result marks a historic gain for the party, which has been classified by opponents and German institutions as extreme right.
In neighboring Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, AfD candidate Leif-Erik Holm said he would extend coalition talks to all parties ahead of the state’s Sept. 20 election. “I reach out my hand to everyone,” Holm said at a forum in Güstrow, adding that he would invite all willing parties to discuss forming a government. Major parties, including SPD, CDU, Greens, and FDP, have already ruled out coalitions with AfD, though the BSW party indicated it would consider issue-based cooperation without formal alliance.
A Foreign Policy quiz on Friday noted AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt as the first time a far-right party could lead a German state government if successful in coalition-building .
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