{"id":376626,"date":"2026-09-07T22:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/far-right-german-party-wins-state-election-whats-next\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T22:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:00:14","slug":"far-right-german-party-wins-state-election-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/far-right-german-party-wins-state-election-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-right German party wins state election; what&#8217;s next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/HDi9mz_wWXs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Far-right German party wins state election; what's next\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HDi9mz_wWXs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has secured a historic victory in the eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt, the closest a far-right party has come to holding power in a German state since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The party leaders and their lead candidate were overjoyed as the results were read out, whooping and backslapping as they secured their \u201chistoric\u201d victory with 44% of the votes, according to preliminary results. The win delivered the AfD 39 of 83 seats in parliament, just short of the 42 it needed for an absolute majority.<\/p>\n<p>The questions facing the AfD now are whether to govern in coalition or go alone in a minority. All mainstream parties have ruled out working with the AfD, which was classified as \u201cextremist\u201d by German intelligence for its anti-Muslim and anti-migrant rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Far-right extremist German political party AfD wins state election in Saxony-Anhalt state<br \/>\n0:51 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reacts to the election results<br \/>\n1:36 CNN&#8217;s Frederik Pleitgen reports from Berlin<br \/>\n3:49 Ulrich Siegmund, AfD&#8217;s leading candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, discusses the election<br \/>\n5:27 DW&#8217;s chief political correspondent Nina Haase explains the significance<\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Germany #AfD #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has secured a historic victory in the eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt, the closest a far-right party has come to holding power in a German state since World War II. 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