"Members and supporters of the hard-Hard Alternative for Germany (AfD) party react after the first exit poll results were announced at the AfD's election party on September 6, 2026
The prospect of a hard-Right state drew thousands of the AfD's opponents to a rally on Saturday in Magdeburg, the regional capital, with banners saying 'Life is better without Nazis'
The result was a stinging rebuke to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (pictured), whose centre-Right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) finished far behind AfD on around 17 per cent
In 2024, a Saudi refugee ploughed a BMW 4X4 into crowds at the Christmas market in one of Magdeburg's squares."
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