https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/german-chancellor-vows-to-stay-in-office-despite-afd-triumph-in-state-electionContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/german-chancellor-vows-to-stay-in-office-despite-afd-triumph-in-state-electionhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/german-chancellor-vows-to-stay-in-office-despite-afd-triumph-in-state-election#u61453Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:25:57 +0000German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has vowed to remain in office and continue pushing through unpopular economic reforms despite a landslide regional election victory by the far-right Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt. Merz stated that his conservative Christian Democratic Union party was shaken to its very foundations by the vote, which leaves the far-right party just short of a majority but carrying a strong chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era. The result delivers a severe blow to the political center in Europe's largest economy.Why it ma