AfD's historic win in Saxony-Anhalt marks a turning point for German politics

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The far-right AfD party won a historic victory in Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday, securing 44.5% of the vote, a result analyst Pierre Clairé calls a turning point. Clairé, deputy director of studies at the Le Millénaire think tank, highlighted three key figures: the 44.5% result is the strongest for any party in Germany in a decade, the CDU won no constituencies, and it marks the first time since 1945 that a far-right party is positioned to lead a German executive. The result represents a major political shift in the eastern state, with the CDU suffering a significant defeat and the AfD now poised to potentially form a government.


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