The AfD more than doubled its support and won a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt. The reaction from major media outlets in Sweden, Germany, and the rest of Europe was strong: references to Nazism, 1945, the ”far right,” and warnings about the state of democracy were recurring themes in the coverage.
Options for Germany (AfD) received 43.8 percent, while the CDU plummeted to 17.2 percent. The party thus became by far the largest and achieved its best state election result ever. Voter turnout also reached record levels, but much of the media coverage quickly shifted to focus on the risks posed by the AfD’s success.
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