Political Parties React To Saxony-Anhalt State Election Results

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 07: (L-R) Stefan Gebhardt, state chairman of the left-wing Die Linke political party for the state Saxony-Anhalt, Eva von Angern, top candidate of the left-wing Die Linke political party for the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and Susanne Hennig-Wellsow, co-leader of the left-wing Die Linke political party, speak to the media the day after state elections in Saxony-Anhalt on June 7, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. The FDP gained enough to return to the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament and the party is even a possible coalition partner candidate. The German Christian Democrats (CDU) emerged in Saxony-Anhalt as the strong winner with 37.1% of the vote, soundly defeating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), who were in a much closer position in polls running up to the election and came in at 20.8%. The German Greens and the FDP made moderate gains, while the left-wing Die Linke and center-left German Social Democrats (SPD) took heavy losses. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)