Far-right AfD wins record vote share in Saxony-Anhalt, alarming EU over security risks
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The far-right Alternative for Germany party won a record 43.8 percent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt’s election on Sunday, more than doubling its 2021 result, according to reports. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right Christian Democratic Union fell to 17.2 percent, its worst-ever performance in the eastern state .
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned that AfD’s gains could turn Berlin’s military buildup into a security risk for Europe, despite Warsaw’s support for a stronger German army. “We want Germany to play a strong role in securing our common security under democratic leadership and as Europe’s largest economy,” Sikorski told German outlet Handelsblatt in an interview published Tuesday .
In Brussels, concern is growing that AfD’s landslide victory could embolden other EU-skeptic and Kremlin-friendly parties across the bloc, according to Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. The publication noted that a destabilized Germany is the last thing the EU needs amid tough policy decisions .
Romanian MEP Rareș Bogdan called the result a “wake-up call” for the EU, arguing that AfD’s rise stems from economic frustrations and regional disparities rather than ideology alone. In a Facebook post, Bogdan warned that Brussels risks replicating Saxony-Anhalt’s political shift across the EU if institutions fail to address citizens’ economic concerns .
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