# Anti-migrant AfD seeks to break Germany’s political ‘firewall’ in historic state election

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/anti-migrant-afd-seeks-to-break-germanys-political-firewall-in-historic-state-election/
- Published: 2026-09-06T19:27:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-07T01:43:01+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/world/anti-migrant-afd-seeks-break-germanys-political-firewall-historic-state-election
- Topics: Elections, Europe, Politics, Trending, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- AfD made historic bid for outright majority in Saxony-Anhalt state election.
- Win would break Germany's "firewall" barring cooperation with the far right.
- AfD, deemed extremist by intelligence services, campaigns on mass deportations.

## Summary

Voters in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls on Sunday in an election that saw the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) mount its strongest ever challenge to the country's political establishment, with analysts warning it could become the first party outside the mainstream CDU/CSU and SPD to win an outright majority in a state parliament since the Second World War. Such a result would carry huge symbolic weight, breaking the so-called "firewall" (Brandmauer) under which other parties have long refused to cooperate with the AfD, even though the party's actual policy influence would be limited by Germany's federal system.

The AfD, backed by Elon Musk during last year's national campaign, has been designated a "confirmed right-wing extremist" group by Germany's domestic intelligence service and campaigns on tighter immigration, a stronger national identity, rejection of green policies and closer ties with Russia. Party co-chair Alice Weidel called for closing Germany's borders, leaving the Schengen area and mass deportations of Syrian refugees. Experts including Daniel Schatz and Janek Treiber said working-class and young voters were swinging behind the party, and that even a limited win would symbolise the mainstream parties, which have governed Germany since 1949 and the east since 1990, losing control.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: Anti-migrant AfD seeks to break Germany’s political ‘firewall’ in historic state election](https://www.foxnews.com/world/anti-migrant-afd-seeks-break-germanys-political-firewall-historic-state-election)
- [BBC World: Germany's far-right AfD celebrate projected win in state election](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5yegd6ldy6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)

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