Saxony-Anhalt election delivers a blow to Merz and a warning to Europe ↧ ↧ Saxony-Anhalt election delivers a blow to Merz and a warning to Europe The Alternative for Germany, just short of an absolute majority in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament after Sunday's vote, has become the face of opposition to the consensus-based political system ‌that has governed Germany since World War Two.