Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
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Outlets on this story
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Politics
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
Voting is under way in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt that could see the Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the first far-right party to take power at a state level since World War II.
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Alternative → see → II
Recent surveys place AfD at 40 percent, ahead of the centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) at 23 percent.
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surveys → place → percent
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- list 3 of 3Thousands
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AfD → eye → 3Thousands
protest in Germany as far-right AfD party meets
AfD has led comfortably in the pre-election opinion polls for months and has a chance at winning an absolute majority if several smaller parties fail to clear the 5 percent threshold to enter the parliament.
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parties → protest → parliament
A CDU-led administration under incumbent state premier Sven Schulze is the most likely outcome if the AfD does not win a majority.
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AfD → lead → majority
Weeks of coalition talks could follow the vote, depending on which parties surpass the 5 percent minimum.
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parties → follow → minimum
AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund, who was previously a member of the CDU, predicted gaining an absolute majority that would lead the anti-establishment party to national victory in 2029.
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that → predict → 2029
He was named “Germany’s most dangerous man” by the influential magazine Der Spiegel.
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He → name → magazine
“It was the others who erected the firewalls,” he told German tabloid Bild.
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he → erect → Bild
“If no one wants to work with us, then we’ll just have to do it alone.”
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we → want → it
An absolute majority would allow AfD to bypass mainstream parties’ “firewall” noncooperation policy, which the far-right party has already done at the local level.
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party → allow → level
For the AfD, the Saxony-Anhalt elections are a stepping stone towards its larger ambition: securing national power in the 2029 federal elections.
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elections → secure → elections
The CDU is led by deeply unpopular German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
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CDU → lead → Merz
At a local campaign rally in Lower Saxony a week before the election, Merz urged other politicians to engage with AfD more effectively.
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Merz → urge → AfD
“We must address the issues at hand.
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We → address → hand
We must also address our choice of words,” Merz said, referring to a statement by the AfD’s state leader in Saxony-Anhalt, Martin Reichardt.
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Merz → address → Anhalt
Reichardt previously told the AfD’s youth organisation that Germany had become “a lazy, anti-social bum reeking of dope”.
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Germany → tell → dope
Thousands of demonstrators gathered for a festival in support of democracy the night before the crucial election.
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Thousands → gather → election
Rally organisers estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 people attended the demonstration.
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people → estimate → demonstration
Initial results are expected at about 16:00 GMT (6pm local time) on Sunday.
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results → expect → Sunday
The Aporia
