#resident_rating The elections in Saxony-Anhalt were a political earthquake for #Germany and a personal defeat for Friedrich #Merz. The #AfD won 43.8% of the vote, more than twice as much as the CDU, which fell to 17.2%. The result itself isn't so important, but its political significance lies in the transformation of Germans' views: voters of the Chancellor's party are voting for the right. Merz now finds himself under double pressure. Within the CDU