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Germany’s Far-Right Moment: AfD Wins Saxony-Anhalt and Europe Holds Its Breath

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party stands at the threshold of state-level power in Germany. The AfD’s sweep in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday has rattled mainstream politicians from Berlin to Brussels, while nationalist voices across the continent are treating it as a victory lap. The question now is: what comes next?