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AfD sweeps Saxony Anhalt election

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Alternative für Deutschland won a landslide in Saxony-Anhalt on 6 September, becoming the state’s largest party with about 44% of the vote, reflecting widespread eastern German anxieties.

Kathimerini
Oliver Leebke in 'K': Berlin elections aren’t like Saxony’s

The Alternative for Germany managed to turn discontent and fears about the future into a relatively stable political identity

Oliver Leebke in 'K': Berlin elections aren’t like Saxony’s
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Teenagers on AfD voters: 'Because they want Germany to still be here'

Teenagers share their views on the AfD and the reasons for its electoral success, even if they don't live in Saxony-Anhalt and have just returned from the summer holidays. Two surprising conversations.

Teenagers on AfD voters: 'Because they want Germany to still be here'
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Fear on all sides

Which party is really trying to win votes with a doomsday narrative? And is it true that people no longer want to talk to each other? Observations from the East German province.

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The Guardian
I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel

Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too The fear that a fascist, far-right movement would rise to power again in Germany has been with me since my youth. On 6 September, the far-right, anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won a landslide in Saxony-Anhalt, becoming the biggest party in the state parliament, with a shocking 44% of the vote, on a record turnout. If it finds a way to power it will be the first far-right party to govern a German state since the Nazi era. The night before the vote, I sent a message to a friend, who, like myself, has an East German background. Was she as worried, scared even, about the vote as I was, I asked. I’d fallen into a loop for days, scrolling videos, reels, reports, interviews done on the ground. And I knew these AfD voters. They could have been relatives, friends of my parents, old teachers, former schoolmates. Why were they saying such incoherent stuff? Continue reading. . .

I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Not anger, but hope fuels the AfD, writes East German writer Ingo Schulze

Why do people vote for a party that is classified as far-right extremist? A taxi ride with a driver in Saxony-Anhalt leads Ingo Schulze to a difficult question: What do the other parties actually offer to counter the AfD?

Not anger, but hope fuels the AfD, writes East German writer Ingo Schulze
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