The AfD, Germany’s far-right party, won the regional elections in Saxony-Anhalt, in the east of the country, this Sunday, September 6. A first for this movement which is taking up more and more space on the German political scene.
It’s a real earthquake across the Rhine. The AfD (Alternative for Germany), which can be translated as “Alternative for Germany”, won a regional election. This happened in Saxony-Anhalt where Ulrich Siegmund, leader of the AfD, won 43.8% of the votesfar ahead of the party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz which only reached 17.2% of the vote.
The far-right formation led by Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla was able to seize thefeeling of abandonment how the residents of Saxony-Anhalt feel about Berlin’s policies. Charismatic and very telegenic, Siegmund promises to put an end to the decline of this territory with refugees and sexual minorities in his sights.
Under his leadership, education programs are expected to shift to the right. The regional leader of the AfD finds that school curricula are too focused on the guilt of Nazi Germany during the Second World War and wants to highlight thelearning russian at school with the return of school exchanges in this country, stopped since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
Siegmund, representative of German populism
Qualified as Pro-TrumpUlrich Siegmund is also very close to Russia. A clear and surprising position as a drone attack at Leipzig airport was attributed to Russia last week. A rapprochement between Germany and Russia seems impossible today but could become a reality if the AfD comes to power in the coming years. A nightmare for many that has never been closer. The German far right has not returned to power since the end of the Second World War and the death of Adolf Hitler in 1945.
Heavy defeat for Chancellor Friedrich Merz
If Ulrich Siegmund, the most dangerous man in Germany according to Der Spiegelwins, it is indeed Friedrich Merz who toasts. Since he has governed, the AfD has continued to grow, even though the chancellor campaigned by promising that he would halve the votes of the far-right party. Already much criticized, the mandate of the 70-year-old man risks making things more complicated with an ideological opponent who is gaining ground.
“It is a serious moment in Europe to see the far right prevail in a regional election in Germany” reacted Benjamin Haddad, minister in charge of Europe, on “Catastrophic demonstration of the blindness of centrist European policies. ». “It is a serious moment in Europe to see the extreme right prevail in a regional election in Germany.” For its part, the National Rally has still not reacted to this major advance of the far right in Europe.
In Germany, the victory of the AfD is the result of the neoliberal policies of the German right-PS grand coalition governments. This Germany was imposed as a model. All the nations of Europe were subjected to it. Conclusion: our societies are destroyed by…
— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) September 7, 2026
Unlike France, Germany is divided into a federal state where the 16 regions, called Länder, have their own constitutions and are therefore autonomous. Having not obtained an absolute majority, the AfD will have to organize an alliance with other political parties to carry out its policy.
