Berlin, Sept 7, 2026 (AFP) - Germany's Merz under pressure from far-right election triumph

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2026-09-07

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will huddle Monday with his CDU party to discuss and digest their thumping defeat at the hands of the far-right AfD party in a state election in the ex-communist east. The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany scored its biggest win yet Sunday with 44 percent of the vote in the Saxony-Anhalt, against about 18 percent for the centre-right CDU, according to broadcasters' projections. The visibly dejected CDU stat......

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