Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is stunned by the success of the far-right party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) in the elections for the parliament of the eastern German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. "In Poland, only idiots or traitors can rejoice at the triumph of the AfD party in Germany," the head of the Polish government stated on social media platform X on Sunday evening, September 6. According to him, there are "a few of them accumulated" in the opposition Polish parties "Confederation" and "Law and Justice" (PiS). In neighboring Czechia, the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the local parliament, Tomio Okamura, congratulated the far-right German party on its success during a broadcast on the public television channel CT. "I hope, above all, that it will be part of the new government coalition in the state of Saxony-Anhalt," said the politician of Japanese-Korean descent, who is also the founder of the Czech right-wing party "Freedom and Direct Democracy" (SPD). Since the end of 2025, a coalition consisting of the right-populist party ANO of billionaire Andrej Babiš, Okamura's SPD party, and the "Motorists' Party" has been in power in Czechia. French Minister for European Affairs Benjamin Haddad stated on X that this is a "difficult moment for Europe." "We must listen to the anger, concerns, and fears and respond to them. But nationalism and xenophobia will never be the solution," emphasized Haddad. "We must not forget our history," the minister urged. According to him, this is the significance of the decisions made by France and Germany. ## ## Preliminary results in Saxony-Anhalt: AfD at 44% According to preliminary results in Saxony-Anhalt, "Alternative for Germany" confidently wins with 44 percent of the votes. The party's candidate for the prime minister of the state is Ulrich Siegmund. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), of which the current state prime minister Sven Schulze is a member, is preliminarily gaining 17.4%. The Left Party - 8.6%, "Alliance 90"/"Greens" - 8.9%, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) - 9.2%, and the Alliance of Sahra Wagenknecht (SWS) - 5.1%. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) and other parties failed to cross the five percent threshold, according to preliminary results. According to these results, 83 parliamentary seats in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament may be distributed as follows: AfD will receive 39 mandates, CDU - 15, the Left Party, "Alliance 90"/"Greens" and SPD - 8 seats each, SWS - 5.
