Far-right AfD win big in German state election
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Leaders from Germany's far-right AfD party say they have a "mandate to govern" after winning a decisive victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The party fell short of a majority but said it would seek support from deputies from other parties to form a government. According to the Bild newspaper, Germany's chancellor Friedrich Merz said it had shaken his party to "its very foundations" - admitting it could not "simply carry on as before". [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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