{"id":2120966,"date":"2026-08-31T19:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2120966"},"modified":"2026-08-31T19:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:36:42","slug":"saxony-anhalt-election-can-the-cdu-stop-the-afd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2120966","title":{"rendered":"Saxony-Anhalt election: Can the CDU stop the AfD?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/78581234_6.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"sk6xmai\">\n<div class=\"a17o045m\">\n<div class=\"av-wrapper\">\n<h1 aria-label=\"Video \u2014 Saxony-Anhalt election: Can the CDU stop the AfD?\" class=\"dy75pgs headline l1ozsu87 p1s74fjj sngcpkw b16w0xvi\"><span>Saxony-Anhalt election: Can the CDU stop the AfD?<\/span><\/h1>\n<div data-tracking-name=\"video-player\" class=\"hh5424a av-player pd4yz45\">\n<div class=\"bg-poster\">\n<div><video controls playsinline data-duration=\"03:01\" data-play-btn-title=\"Play video\" dir=\"ltr\" id=\"video-78579766\" poster=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" preload=\"none\" tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"dw-player video-js vjs-fluid\"><source src=\"https:\/\/hlsvod.dw.com\/i\/vps\/webvideos\/ENG\/2026\/DWVG\/DWVGENG260831_CampaignIns_01SMW_,AVC_480x270,AVC_512x288,AVC_640x360,AVC_960x540,AVC_1280x720,AVC_1920x1080,.mp4.csmil\/master.m3u8\" type=\"application\/x-mpegURL\" \/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-area sa7l9jt s9mg977\">\n<section data-tracking-name=\"sharing-icons-inline\" class=\"c75t7t0 hh5424a in-line closed\">\n<div class=\"copy-button-wrapper closed\"><span class=\"svdcmki\">https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5JiBa<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text t1fzgn0z l1evdo4u blt0baw rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b16w0xvi\">\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>&#8216;s far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">AfD<\/a> is leading the polls ahead of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saxony-anhalt\/t-18968033\">Saxony-Anhalt<\/a> state election on September 6, putting the governing conservative <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> under pressure.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/migration\/t-41577210\">Migration<\/a>, attitudes toward <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/russia\/t-19065060\">Russia<\/a> and economic concerns are dominating the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>After 24 years of conservative-led rule, dissatisfaction and a desire for change could be decisive in whether the AfD can make unprecedented gains in the eastern German state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-tracking-skip=\"true\" data-tracking-name=\"rich-text\" class=\"c17j8gzx rc0m0op r1ebneao s198y7xq rich-text t1fzgn0z l1evdo4u blt0baw rcjjkz7 w128axg5 b16w0xvi\">\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>&#8216;s far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">AfD<\/a> is leading the polls ahead of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saxony-anhalt\/t-18968033\">Saxony-Anhalt<\/a> state election on September 6, putting the governing conservative <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> under pressure.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/migration\/t-41577210\">Migration<\/a>, attitudes toward <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/russia\/t-19065060\">Russia<\/a> and economic concerns are dominating the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>After 24 years of conservative-led rule, dissatisfaction and a desire for change could be decisive in whether the AfD can make unprecedented gains in the eastern German state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany\/t-17871182\">Germany<\/a>&#8216;s far-right <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/alternative-for-germany-afd\/t-17455253\">AfD<\/a> is leading the polls ahead of the <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saxony-anhalt\/t-18968033\">Saxony-Anhalt<\/a> state election on September 6, putting the governing conservative <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/christian-democratic-union-cdu\/t-17351950\">CDU<\/a> under pressure.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/migration\/t-41577210\">Migration<\/a>, attitudes toward <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/russia\/t-19065060\">Russia<\/a> and economic concerns are dominating the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>After 24 years of conservative-led rule, dissatisfaction and a desire for change could be decisive in whether the AfD can make unprecedented gains in the eastern German state.<\/p>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/saxony-anhalt-election-can-the-cdu-stop-the-afd\/video-78579766&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/78581234_6.jpg&#8221;] Saxony-Anhalt election: Can the CDU stop the AfD? https:\/\/p.dw.com\/p\/5JiBa Germany&#8216;s far-right AfD is leading the polls ahead of the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 6, putting the governing conservative CDU under pressure. Migration, attitudes toward Russia and economic concerns are dominating the campaign. After 24 years of conservative-led rule, dissatisfaction and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2120966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2120966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2120966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2120966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2120966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}