Leaders from Germany’s far-right AfD party say they have a "mandate to govern" after winning a decisive victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
The party fell short of a majority but said it would seek support from deputies from other parties to form a government.
According to the Bild newspaper, Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz said it had shaken his party to "its very foundations" – admitting it could not "simply carry on as before".
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