The AfD won Saxony-Anhalt’s September 6 election with 43.8% of the vote, but its 39 of 83 seats left it three short of a majority; the CDU received 17.2%. On September 20, Die Linke won Berlin with 25.7%, ahead of the CDU’s 18.8%, while the AfD led in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the CDU fell below the 5% threshold there. The results left Saxony-Anhalt’s governing arrangement unresolved and ended the CDU-SPD coalition’s majority in Berlin.
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The Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified the AfD's regional branch as confirmed right-wing extremist.
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The German government estimated that the country would be short of about 440,000 workers by 2029.
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The campaign and the Left Party argued that expropriating major real estate companies could put about 270,000 Berlin apartments into public ownership and make them available at affordable rents.
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Clarín said the AfD obtained a majority and came close to forming a government.
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Other reports said the AfD had 39 of 83 seats, three short of an absolute majority.
Siegmund said he would lead only a stable AfD government and ruled out a minority government tolerated by other parties.
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Weidel later said the AfD could take power even in a minority government.
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The AfD won Saxony-Anhalt by a wide margin but lacked the seats for an absolute majority, leaving the state’s next government unresolved.
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Die Linke’s Berlin victory made it the largest party, but it needed the SPD and Greens to form a government; the outgoing CDU-SPD coalition had lost its majority.
The CDU lost ground across the three elections and fell below the representation threshold in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
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