Far-right AfD wins again as Germany's Merz slides
Summary
Germany’s far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), won its second state election this month and a third overall. The ruling center-right party, Christian Democratic Union (CDU), led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, performed very poorly and lost all seats in one state parliament for the first time.Key Facts
- AfD won about 38% of the vote in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, marking its growing strength.
- CDU’s vote share in that state dropped from 13% to 4.9%, losing all representation.
- AfD also won in Saxony-Anhalt earlier this month with 43.8% but fell short of a majority by three seats.
- The Left party doubled its vote share in Berlin to 25.7% and took first place there.
- Other German parties refuse to form coalitions with AfD due to its far-right positions and concerns about extremism.
- Germany’s domestic intelligence monitors AfD as a suspected extremist group but cannot officially classify the whole party as extremist yet.
- AfD supports policies like mass deportations of immigrants, abandoning the euro, ending sanctions on Russia, and stopping weapons aid to Ukraine.
- AfD leader Alice Weidel called for CDU to reconsider its policy of excluding AfD from power, especially in eastern Germany.
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