AfD victory in the elections in Saxony-Anhalt: comment by Paweł Głosernaker

The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) won the elections to the parliament of the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. She obtained 43.8 percent. votes.

Paweł Shefernaker was asked about this result on Monday in Channel Zero. As the head of President Karol Nawrocki's office pointed out, AfD "is pursuing a program that is against the interests of the Republic of Poland, so we certainly have to look at it that way."

The AfD's pro-Russian agenda, including the proposal to lift sanctions against Russia, is dangerous and unacceptable from Poland's point of view. Specific points of the AfD program are not in Poland's interest, he emphasized.

I gave a few examples where this interest (AfD) is diametrically different (from Poland's interest - PAP), therefore it is a problem for us - said Głosernaker.

"AfD would not have come to power without Angela Merkel's mistakes"

According to him, AfD "would never have come to power if it were not for the mistakes of the previous governments of Chancellor Angela Merkel." In politics, you have to draw conclusions from what happened. The AfD would never have come to power if it were not for Angela Merkel's open door policy, the Green Deal policy, and many other policies implemented by Angela Merkel, by Donald Tusk as head of the European Council; (without it - PAP) there would be no such support for AfD in Germany today. We need to draw conclusions for the future, said Głosernaker.

AfD triumph

After counting the votes from all constituencies on the night from Sunday to Monday, the electoral commission announced that the AfD won the elections in Saxony-Anhalt, winning 43.8 percent. votes.

Second place went to the CDU of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz - with 17.2 percent. 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 as a right-wing extremist group by the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution since 2023.