Recent state elections in Germany have sent shockwaves through the political landscape. The far-right AfD secured a historic victory in Thuringia, marking the first time a right-wing party has won a majority in a German state since WWII. Saskia Esken, leader of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD), called it a "wakeup call" for democracy, acknowledging the party’s struggle to connect with voters. Meanwhile, CDU leader Friedrich Merz labeled the election results a "total fiasco" for the ruling coalition and urged immediate action on migration policy.
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00:00But still, this election day is a difficult day for the SPD and it is a difficult day for our democracy.
00:11The Ampel coalition in Berlin experienced a total fiasco yesterday.
00:17In Thuringia, a right-wing radical party, protected by the Constitution, has the most votes and in Saxony it is not far from it.
00:26And that has to shake us all.
00:29Such a thing has never happened in Germany before in this form against a federal government.
00:36We obviously can't do it and we have to admit that as a party of work to reach the hearts of our voters.