The landslide victory of a far-right party in a German state election has raised doubts about whether a politically weakened Berlin can remain a driving force behind the European Union’s increasingly tough approach to Beijing amid mounting trade tensions.
During the weekend election in the country’s eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) took 43.8 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results, achieving its best state-level result but falling short of securing an absolute majority. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) saw their share more than halved to 17.2 per cent.
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