Germany's AfD won a state election in a landslide, sounding an alarm for centrist politics
- Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 43.8% of the vote in the legislative election, and while that may not be enough to form the next state government, it was the best result the party has achieved in any contest in its 13-year history.
- The party of Germany's unpopular leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, slumped to a disastrous result in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
- The anti-migration and Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany's candidate for governor said that "we have written history" and the party had a clear mandate to g
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- Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 43.8% of the vote in the legislative election, and while that may not be enough to form the next state government, it was the best result the party has achieved in any contest in its 13-year history.
- The party of Germany's unpopular leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, slumped to a disastrous result in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
- The anti-migration and Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany's candidate for governor said that "we have written history" and the party had a clear mandate to g
Sources: CBS News, Al Jazeera