Germany’s AfD Surge Puts Merz’s Government Under Pressure | Jens Zimmermann
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“Even though it was in a small state in eastern Germany, that is not the recipe for snap elections you want to see.” The far right AfD’s historic 44% result in Saxony-Anhalt is putting further pressure on Germany’s fragile coalition government and exposing the decline of the country’s mainstream parties, says former German SPD politician Jens Zimmermann. Jens Zimmermann was speaking to Andrew Neil on The Times at One. Listen live on Times Radio every Monday-Thursday, 1-2pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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