Polls open in Saxony-Anhalt as AfD predicted to win state election

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Polls open in Saxony-Anhalt as AfD predicted to win state election  A large AfD victory would pile more pressure onto Merz and his increasingly unpopular coalition. The party has been polling at more than 40%.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/06/polls-open-in-saxony-anhalt-as-afd-predicted-to-win-state-election  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:01German voters headed to the polls on Sunday for a crucial regional election in Saxony-Anhalt,

00:07where the state's far-right anti-immigration AFD party is expected to win easily.

00:13Polling at over 40 percent for months, Alternative for Germany has its sights on winning its first-ever state government.

00:21All other major parties have so far maintained a firewall of non-cooperation with the AFD,

00:26whose Saxony-Anhalt branch is categorized as right-wing extremist by Germany's domestic intelligence agency.

00:33A large AFD victory would pile more pressure onto German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his increasingly unpopular coalition.

00:42AFD candidate Ulrich Sigmund has announced that he would only govern if his party won an absolute majority.

00:49Whether the AFD manages to secure an outright majority of seats in the state parliament in Magdeburg

00:54will depend on how the smaller parties perform.

00:58The more parties that cross the 5 percent threshold and enter the state parliament,

01:03the smaller the AFD's chances become of an absolute majority of MPs.

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