Germany’s AfD scores a stunning 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt, crushing Friedrich Merz’s CDU as the far-right party more than doubles its vote share. AfD leader Alice Weidel declares victory and predicts “Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be replaced,” while Merz admits, “We’re all deeply shocked” by the result. With Donald Trump, Elon Musk and U.S. Republicans reacting to the AfD surge, could the historic win reshape German politics and fuel the far right across Europe?

A large AfD victory would pile more pressure onto Merz and his increasingly unpopular coalition. The party has been polling at more than 40%. #EuropeNews

While short of an overall majority, the AfD won 44% of the vote and delivered a drubbing to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, reflecting the deep unpopularity of…