{"id":374848,"date":"2026-09-01T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germanys-far-right-is-on-the-verge-of-its-biggest-win-since-ww2-this-is-why\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:00:44","slug":"germanys-far-right-is-on-the-verge-of-its-biggest-win-since-ww2-this-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/germanys-far-right-is-on-the-verge-of-its-biggest-win-since-ww2-this-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s far right is on the verge of its biggest win since WW2. This is Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/INM2heGcrlk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Germany's far right is on the verge of its biggest win since WW2. This is Why\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/INM2heGcrlk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Ulrich Siegmund has been dubbed &quot;the most dangerous man in Germany&quot;, he is a member of the far-right party Alternative for Deutschland (AfD).<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old former perfume salesman, is on course to be elected as leader of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.<\/p>\n<p>His victory would be the biggest win for a far-right party since the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p>So who is he and what does the AfD stand for? And what would a state election win for the party mean for Germany and for Europe?<\/p>\n<p>Niall is joined by Sky\u2019s Europe\u2019s correspondent Alistair Bunkall, who tracked down Siegmund at an AfD rally in Saxony-Anhalt.<\/p>\n<p>Have you got a question for Niall? 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His victory would be the biggest win for a far-right party since the Second [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":374849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-374848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Germany&#039;s far right is on the verge of its biggest win since WW2. This is Why | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Germany&#039;s far right is on the verge of its biggest win since WW2. This is Why for free, here on News ISC. 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