US President Donald Trump congratulated the Alternative for Germany party after its decisive victory in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. On the social network Truth Social, he described the result as a success for the populist party and stated that its support is growing. He cited German voters' dissatisfaction with the country's migration policy as one of the reasons for the election result. Spiegel.de ↗
Trump criticized the rules and regulations concerning immigration in Germany. His statement came two days after the vote, in which the AfD significantly outpaced the ruling CDU. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is subsequently set to meet with AfD co-chair Alice Weidel in Berlin as part of a general debate in the Bundestag. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Merz described the CDU's result in Saxony-Anhalt as the party's most severe electoral defeat in decades. The post-election debate is also focusing on the possible formation of the state government. SPD deputy chairman Alexander Schweitzer backed a proposal for an expert government that would be supported by the other parliamentary parties. Tagesspiegel ↗
Former CDU chairwoman Angela Merkel called the election result shocking and criticized the approach to the so-called firewall against cooperation with the AfD. Following the AfD's victory, a demonstration against right-wing extremism took place in Cologne, attended by thousands of people. The AfD wants to use the result in Saxony-Anhalt as momentum ahead of further elections in Germany.
Trump backed AfD after election victory in Saxony-Anhalt
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