"A visibly disappointed incumbent governor, Sven Schulze, congratulated AfD on becoming the state's strongest political force and said that “we as the CDU will also have to deal with this result,” without specifying how.
Franziska Hoppermann, the national general-secretary of Merz's party, rejected the idea of backing off its refusal to deal with AfD.
“AfD is a right-wing extremist party."
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First seen: 2026-09-07 ·
Last seen: 2026-09-07 ·
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