Political Parties Meet Day After Saxony And Thuringia Elections

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 02: Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party, depart after speaking to the media the day after state elections in Saxony and Thuringia on September 2, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. The AfD won by a large margin in Thuringia and came in a close second in Saxony, behind the German Christian Democrats (CDU), leaving the parties of the German federal coalition, namely the German Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the German Free Democrats (FDP), far behind. The AfD centered its campaigns on issues including the mass deportation of undesirable immigrants, resuming nuclear and coal-fired energy production and a general “Germany First” approach to policy. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)