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Oct 26, 2026
Alexander MercourisGUEST
And it manifests itself in different ways in different countries.
Alexander MercourisGUEST
We see it in Germany, where we've had elections in Sachsen-Anhalt, in Berlin, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Alexander MercourisGUEST
And of course, I was recently in Germany just a few weeks ago, and I took my own soundings of the situation there.
Alexander MercourisGUEST
Of course, this was Rheinland-Pfalz.
Léa MarchalHOST
But how close is the AfD to governing in these states? Hi, I'm Léa, and this is Briefed, your daily European podcast.
Léa MarchalHOST
In both Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD won the elections a few weeks ago, but it does not have an absolute majority in either regional parliament.
Léa MarchalHOST
As for the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the AfD has no prospect of forming alliances to secure a majority and negotiations are well underway between the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Left Party to reach an agreement.
Léa MarchalHOST
And together they hold an absolute majority.
Léa MarchalHOST
So, in this case, the AfD is out.
Léa MarchalHOST
But the situation is quite different in Saxony-Anhalt.
Léa MarchalHOST
What will most likely happen there is an alliance with the BSV, the party founded by Sarah Wagenknecht.
Léa MarchalHOST
The BSV describes itself as radical left, fighting for social justice, but in practice it takes a very hard line on migration.
Johnny AndersonHOST
They're saying the same kind of thing.
Johnny AndersonHOST
But then you have an elected official in Sachsen-Anhalt who stands out in front of his party headquarters and says to the crowd of 50 people or whatever it was, it was standing out in front.
Johnny AndersonHOST
He says, the enemy's not in Moscow.
Johnny AndersonHOST
It's in Berlin.
Kai BandermannGUEST
and was seen by the city as such, still people react like this.
Katja HoyerHOST
The AfD, or Alternative for Germany, is a far-right populist party that has just won a significant victory in the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, promising, apart from other things, the deportation of migrants.
Katja HoyerHOST
Dortmund's mayor, Alex Kaluti, takes a strong line against the AFD, joining a protest of more than 3,000 people outside Dortmund City Hall to voice opposition to an AFD event earlier this year.
Katja HoyerHOST
And he rejects the argument that migrants are the reason for a housing shortage.
Zanny Minton BeddoesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Twice found guilty and fined for using Nazi slogans.
Zanny Minton BeddoesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Just recently, these reports about four advisers to your leader in Sachsen-Anhalt, they were part of the banned neo-Nazi youth movement.
Zanny Minton BeddoesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Are you denying that there are, you're saying there's nobody in the AFD with any proto-fascist tendency? Oh, my goodness.
Zanny Minton BeddoesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This interview has been going very well.
Shaun LeyHOST
They have no place amongst us, the Chancellor told a meeting of Bavarian Conservatives on Saturday.
Shaun LeyHOST
But in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the AfD made history last month, becoming the first party of the far right to win in an election in Germany since the Second World War.
Shaun LeyHOST
This is a roar of victory that will tingle or terrify depending on where you stand.
speaker_28UNKNOWN
Cheers erupt inside the Alternative for Germany headquarters, the sound of a party celebrating its best result ever.
Tobias RauschSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Russia is not massively damaged by the sanctions.
Tobias RauschSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It is not in the European or German interest to push the Russians completely out of the European market.
Julian WorrickerHOST
I wanted to ask you about the way your party, specifically in Saxony-Anhalt, is regarded by other parts of Germany.
Julian WorrickerHOST
Domestic intelligence charges the local branch of the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt with being infused by, quote, a racist ideology and anti-constitutional aims.
Richard DiasHOST
Again, you just had another talk of Volkswagen shutting down another 40,000 jobs.
Richard DiasHOST
And AFD for Germany is just one Sachsen-Anhalt.
Richard DiasHOST
I can't say it properly.
Richard DiasHOST
Do it again.
Richard DiasHOST
Sachsen-Anhalt.
Richard DiasHOST
Anyway, whatever.
Richard DiasHOST
So they won.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Door number one began to swing back on September 6th, 2026.
speaker_0NARRATOR
In the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the alternative for Germany, the AFD, took 43.8% of the vote.
speaker_0NARRATOR
It was the party's first outright win in any German state election.
speaker_0NARRATOR
With 39 of the state parliament's 83 seats, the AFD finished three short of an absolute majority.
Daniela VancicHOST
So maybe just to give everyone a bit of a rundown of what exactly happened over the last week, So there were three regional elections.
Daniela VancicHOST
One was in Saxony-Anhalt, one was in Mecklenburg, and then one was in Berlin, the city region of Berlin.
Daniela VancicHOST
And Saxony was the first one already some weeks ago.
Daniela VancicHOST
And the results there really just confirmed just how enormous the far right, the IFD, Alternative for Deutschland, how big their win was.
Daniela VancicHOST
What's interesting here, too, I mean, aside from those statistics, we'll definitely get into those.
Daniela VancicHOST
is the turnout.
Daniela VancicHOST
I mean, I was really shocked to see the turnout in Saxony-Anhalt.
Daniela VancicHOST
These elections had the highest turnout in the state's history since reunification era at 77.8%.
Danny TorresHOST
And I'm glad you're bringing up this topic.
Danny TorresHOST
So, by the way, they won in Saxony-Einhalt region.
Danny TorresHOST
It's the first time kind of what they call alternative to Deutschland, which is what they call far right party.
Danny TorresHOST
They don't probably call themselves far right.
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