The German elites deserve their punishment beating
A political earthquake would be too weak a description of the shock caused by last Sunday’s election in the small German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The governing Christian Democrats (CDU) won a measly 17.2 per cent – down nearly 20 points from the previous election – while the right-populist AfD came out on top with 43.8 per cent. So humiliating was the result that Germany’s federal chancellor and leader of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, did not even dare step in front of the cameras.
- ▪A political earthquake would be too weak a description of the shock caused by last Sunday’s election in the small German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
- ▪The governing Christian Democrats (CDU) won a measly 17.2 per cent – down nearly 20 points from the previous election – while the right-populist AfD came out on top with 43.8 per cent.
- ▪So humiliating was the result that Germany’s federal chancellor and leader of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, did not even dare step in front of the cameras.
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The German elites deserve their punishment beating AfD voters are not fascists or extremists – they are using the ballot box to demand a much-needed change of course. i Picture by: Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Sabine Beppler-Spahl" }) Sabine Beppler-Spahl Germany Correspondent 10th September 2026 i Picture by: Getty Share Topics Politics World Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. A political earthquake would be too weak a description of the shock caused by last Sunday’s election in the small German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The governing Christian Democrats (CDU) won a measly 17.2 per cent – down nearly 20 points from the previous election – while the right-populist AfD came out on top with 43.8 per cent. The CDU was shell-shocked.
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