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right set for big win in eastern state of Saxony
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Germany's far-right AfD party is projected to win a significant victory in Saxony-Anhalt, with exit polls showing 44-44.5% of the vote, well ahead of the conservative CDU's 18.5%.
- The AfD leader in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund, has declared the result a "historic outcome" and has ruled out forming coalitions with other parties.
- If the AfD takes power, it would be the first far-right party to govern a German state since World War Two, gaining control over policing, education, and cultural policies.
- The party's ability to govern depends on whether smaller parties surpass the 5% threshold to enter the state parliament, which could affect the AfD's majority status.
- Saxony-Anhalt's AfD is classified as "far-right extremist" by domestic intelligence, a label rejected by Siegmund.
