German far-right party set for regional election triumph but uncertain of governing

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) – The far-right Alternative for Germany was projected to win a solid victory in a regional election Sunday, but it wasn't immediately clear whether it would be able to fulfill its ambition of forming the country's first far-right state.

What happened

In practice, the party of German's unpopular leader, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, was set for a disastrous result in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The anti-migration and Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany's candidate for governor remarked that "we have written history."

Ulrich Siegmund, 35, informed public broadcaster ARD that voters had sent a signal that "things cannot carry on like this" and that it was "also a signal toward Berlin." Of Germany's unpopular leader, he stated: "A particularly good campaigner for us in this election campaign was Friedrich Merz. Every day this man is in the chancellery is one too plenty of."

The bottom line

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