Boris Palmer: AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt doesn't mean Weimar Republic return

Boris Palmer stated that the AfD's election victory in Saxony-Anhalt must be acknowledged, but he emphasized that Germany is not facing a return to fascism, arguing the current republic differs fundamentally from the Weimar Republic. Palmer agreed with Markus Söder that the democratic result should be respected, though he noted the AfD has no constitutional claim to the minister-president office. He argued the party should attempt to form a government after winning nearly 44 percent of the vote. The Tübingen mayor dismissed fears of fascism, citing the AfD's lack of armed forces and the binding constraints of the constitution, federal law, and independent courts on any state government.