Fears expressed for immigrants and for country’s future after AfD vote hits historic high in Saxony-Anhalt
Maryam and her best friend were ambling through Magdeburg toward the railway station, talking over the dramatic events of the previous evening and the surge by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland to a historically high vote in the Saxony-Anhalt elections.
“Don’t laugh at me,” she said, “but I wish we could go back to the days of Angela Merkel, when things were OK in Germany”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/08/germany-afd-far-right-election-victory-saxony-anhalt
Author : Kate Connolly in Magdeburg
Publish date : 2026-09-08 06:13:00
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