Final election results in Saxony-Anhalt: AfD victory and Donald Tusk's reaction
AfD wins the elections in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8 percent. Prime Minister Donald Tusk sharply comments on the party's success, to which AfD MEP Tomasz Froehlich responds.
Quick Look
- The AfD won the elections to the parliament of Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8 percent. votes.
- The CDU took second place (17.2%).
- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk criticized people celebrating the AfD's triumph, to which the party's MEP Tomasz Froehlich reacted.
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Why It Matters
The elections to the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt brought a clear victory for the AfD party.
Electoral commissions have already counted all votes cast in Sunday's elections to the parliament of Saxony-Anhalt. The AfD won - winning 43.8 percent. votes. Five years ago, the party won 20.8 percent in this state.
Second place went to the CDU of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. However, the result is disappointing for the Christian Democrats - 17.2 percent. votes. The parliament in Magdeburg will also include the social democratic SPD - 9.3 percent, the Greens - 8.9 percent. and the Left - 8.6 percent.
Until the end, the question was whether the far-left BSW would exceed the five percent electoral threshold. Ultimately, Sahra's Wagenknecht party won 5.3 percent. votes.
AfD is described as a right-wing, nationalist, populist and anti-establishment party. Its program includes, among others: a significant reduction in immigration to Germany, a reduction in the competences of EU institutions and their transfer to nation states, as well as the "normalization" of relations with Russia, including the lifting of sanctions and the reconstruction and launch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The AfD state branch in Saxony-Anhalt has been classified by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a right-wing extremist group since 2023.
Yesterday, before the official announcement of the election results, Prime Minister Donald Tusk commented on the results of the exit polls. "In Poland, only idiots or traitors can be happy about the triumph of the AfD in Germany. There are quite a few of them in the Confederations and PiS," the head of the Polish government wrote on the X platform.
This entry was commented by AfD MEP Tomasz Froehlich. "Herr Tusk, eat a Snickers bar!" – he wrote, referring to a popular advertisement in which people were advised to eat a candy bar because they "starve out" when they are hungry.
Due to his Polish roots, 38-year-old Froehlich also has Polish citizenship. He joined AfD 10 years ago.
Open Questions
- What government coalitions will be formed in the parliament in Magdeburg?
