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Voters in Saxony-Anhalt delivered a thunderous rejection of the globalist establishment on September 6, handing the Alternative for Germany (AfD) a commanding 44.5 percent of the vote in state elections. ARD exit polls showed the result, which more than doubled the party's 2021 share of 23.7 percent and left Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in distant second place at just 18.5 percent.
Record turnout of 76.5 percent underscored the depth of public anger. AfD state leader Ulrich Siegmund declared the outcome historic. "We have made history in this country," he said. "We achieved exactly what we set out to achieve." Siegmund mocked Merz directly, calling him "a very good campaigner for the AfD" and noting that "no matter how much fake news there was about us, we cannot be divided." AfD co-leader Alice Weidel framed the result as a clear government mandate.
Other parties trailed far behind: Die Linke at 9.5 percent, the Greens at 8.7 percent, the SPD at 8.4 percent, and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) scraping in at 5 percent. Only 9 percent of voters in the state expressed satisfaction with Merz's politics. The CDU general secretary labeled the result "a defeat overall" and "a defeat for all those who have borne responsibility in the democracy in Saxony-Anhalt over the past 35 years." The state had been governed by the CDU since 2002. Key voter concerns tracked by Infratest Dimap centered on declining trust in established parties, social security, the economy, and migration.
AfD built its campaign on halting mass migration, scrapping costly climate policies, restoring relations with Russia, and ending support for Ukraine. Siegmund outlined immediate priorities if the party forms government: a remigration and deportation offensive, a ban on rainbow flags in schools, an end to new wind farms, a change of the state slogan from "Think Modern" to "Think German," and the reintroduction of the national anthem in schools. BSW has already signaled willingness to cooperate with AfD on energy price reform.
Germany's domestic intelligence service has classified the AfD in Saxony-Anhalt as "right-wing extremist," yet the voters spoke with unmistakable clarity. Mainstream parties continue to enforce their Brandmauer firewall — refusing to govern with the AfD even after such a decisive result. The AfD has refused to enter any coalition that dilutes its program, insisting it will only govern with an outright majority or remain in opposition. A potential four-party coalition of losers could still be stitched together to block AfD from power despite the landslide — the same antidemocratic playbook deployed against national sovereignty movements across the West.
The Saxony-Anhalt result fits a broader continental pattern. Ordinary citizens in Europe and America have grown weary of open borders, economic stagnation, and elite contempt for democratic outcomes. The AfD's surge mirrors the forces that propelled Donald Trump to victory, delivered Brexit, elevated Marine Le Pen's movement, and installed Giorgia Meloni in Italy. It is a direct challenge to the globalist order that has dominated post-war European politics.
Merz has so far failed to reset Germany's struggling economy or halt the AfD's rise. National polls now show the AfD overtaking the CDU, positioning the party to contest federal elections in 2029 and 2033. The irony is stark: while intelligence agencies label the voters' preferred party "extremist," the establishment that presided over economic decline and unchecked migration collapses at the ballot box.
If AfD forms the next state government, it would mark the first time a national-conservative party has led a German state since the Second World War. The message from Saxony-Anhalt is unmistakable. Voters have rejected the globalist consensus and demanded leaders who place national sovereignty, border security, and economic realism above the failed experiments of the past three decades. The same forces that once sought to marginalize America First principles in the United States now confront a parallel reckoning in Germany. The firewall may delay the outcome, but it cannot erase the verdict delivered by the people.
