AfD Poised for Historic Victory in Saxony Anhalt State Election
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- Der Spiegel
- Sueddeutsche Zeitung
- Deutsche Welle
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- elDiarioAR
- Al Jazeera
- The Economist
- Bloomberg
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The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is leading opinion polls ahead of the September 6 state election in Saxony Anhalt, with some projections placing them above 40 percent of the vote. If these polls hold, the AfD could become the first far right force to head a German state government since World War II. The party's leading candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, has focused his campaign on TikTok and social media, while the party platform calls for the abolition of asylum rights, mass deportations, and the cancellation of public broadcasting. The current state government is a coalition of the center right Christian Democrats (CDU), the center left Social Democrats (SPD), and the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP).
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- These outlets emphasize the danger of the AfD's rise, highlighting the party's extremist classification and the social risks of its platform.
- Centre
- These outlets focus on the economic disparities and demographic factors in eastern Germany that may be driving voters toward the AfD.
- Centre-right
- These outlets highlight internal CDU power struggles over how to handle the election results and express concern over the influence of Russian propaganda on the electorate.
Sources
- Centre-left Al Jazeera: Germany’s far right AfD eyes election breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt
- Centre Bloomberg: Germany’s AfD: What If Far-Right Group Wins Power in Saxony-Anhalt State?
- Centre-left Der Spiegel: Sachsen-Anhalt election on TikTok: How Ulrich Siegmund and Sven Schulze campaign for votes
- Centre Deutsche Welle: Germany: Is Saxony-Anhalt's economy really struggling?
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: AfD analyzes: Why is Ulrich Siegmund so successful?
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: AfD at 41 percent: "We are the dike against the blue flood" : SPD campaign finale for Saxony-Anhalt
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: State Election: Dispute breaks out in the CDU shortly before the election
- Centre-right Frankfurter Allgemeine: Election Sachsen-Anhalt: Voting Putin
- Centre-left Sueddeutsche Zeitung: SPD retreat: Kerkeling's urgent appeal
- Centre-right The Economist: Germany needs a new strategy for coping with the AfD
- Centre-left elDiarioAR: The German far right before the mirror of power: what is the AfD and what is at stake on September 6 in Saxony-Anhalt
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