Alternative for Germany's Alice Weidel greets supporters in Peitz. Picture: SEAN GALLUP/GETTY IMAGES
The party almost tripled its share of the vote in Saxony to 27.5% and saw its support double in neighbouring Brandenburg, a major feat for a party set up only six years ago to oppose euro zone bailouts. "The CDU and SPD suffered losses. Our success here could trigger the dismantling of the coalition in Berlin," said Alice Weidel, leader of the AfD's national parliamentary party.The AfD's success will certainly make coalition building difficult for the CDU conservatives in Saxony, which they have governed for almost three decades, and for the SPD in Brandenburg where the centre-left party has ruled since 1990.
"We had the biggest rise in support," he said after preliminary results put his party on just over 27%, behind Merkel's CDU which shed more than 7 points."This is our biggest ever victory."
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