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Support for Germany's far-right AfD soars in eastern state ahead of vote
Reuters ^ | May 7, 2026

Posted on 05/09/2026 7:59:23 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on track to become the strongest party in an eastern ​state election in September, a poll showed on ‌Thursday, raising the prospect of the far-right party leading a regional government for the first time.

The infratest dimap survey showed ​support for the AfD climbing to 41% in ​the state of Saxony Anhalt, up 2 points ⁠from the last poll, and well ahead of ​Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU at 26%. The Social ​Democrats, Merz's junior partners in the federal coalition, trailed at 7%.

Although support for the AfD has long been strongest in former Communist ​eastern states, disillusionment with the coalition is widespread ​just one year after Merz took office and the party is roughly level ‌with ⁠the CDU in national polls.

Other parties have said they will not cooperate with the AfD, which wants tough migrant policies and closer ties with Russia, but they ​are struggling ​to challenge ⁠it, especially as an energy shock from the Iran war threatens a fragile recovery ​in Europe's biggest economy.

With the Left party ​at ⁠12% and Greens and populist BSW at 4%, respectively, below the threshold needed to enter the state parliament, ⁠the poll ​points to complicated coalition-building after ​the September 6 vote if the AfD is to be kept out ​of government.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Germany
KEYWORDS: afd; germany

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1 posted on 05/09/2026 7:59:23 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

To quote Mr. Burns…..”EXCELLENT”
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2 posted on 05/09/2026 8:10:03 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: MotorCityBuck

3 posted on 05/09/2026 8:11:43 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PROCON

😉


4 posted on 05/09/2026 8:18:04 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Taking the cue from what happened in the UK.


5 posted on 05/09/2026 8:19:28 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Reuters is embarrassed to give attribution to their “ far-right “ screed.

Better to hide behind the Reuters broad tent.


6 posted on 05/09/2026 8:22:51 AM PDT by BrexitBen
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To: MinorityRepublican

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1zdY3j-lOY

Germany is moving to a post-EU status again. Sick to death of milquetoast, pencil necked internationalist socialist bureaucrat-tyrants. Lots of goof info in this video.


7 posted on 05/09/2026 8:25:54 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("We come in peace. Don't look too carefully at our menus.")
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--- "....the poll ​points to complicated coalition-building after ​the September 6 vote if the AfD is to be kept out ​of government."

This is the clear point. The elite atop the German uniparty are so 'dedicated' to democracy that they want to keep representatives of a large portion of the electorate "out of government."

Given the recent Reform vote in the UK and Romania toppling its EU-approved head of only eight months, it surely seems the German elite are working overtime to keep citizens from actually participating in their own governance. Note the EC head is a German.....

8 posted on 05/09/2026 8:49:22 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: dfwgator
Merz is getting worried as Germans are finally becoming fed up with the migrants

Europe Far Right = Anyone Who Is Opposed The Insane EU Policies.

9 posted on 05/09/2026 8:50:10 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: BrexitBen

Reuters is the root of evil in the world.


10 posted on 05/09/2026 9:18:57 AM PDT by Racketeer
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“Reuters is the root of evil in the world.”

You don’t know what evil is.


11 posted on 05/09/2026 9:23:31 AM PDT by TexasGator (1I-..)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Weird huh?


12 posted on 05/09/2026 9:39:28 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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An AfD victory in Germany would be the best thing to happen in European politics in decades. Imagine the possibilities with authentic German nationalists Alice Weidel or Tino Chrupalla taking the place of the spineless castrato Eurocrat Friedrich Mertz.


13 posted on 05/09/2026 1:20:59 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: MinorityRepublican

In Western Europe, anything to the right of Marx and Lenin is “far right”.


14 posted on 05/09/2026 6:45:08 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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