Editorial: El País

• The German Social Democracy (SPD) barely managed to resist the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Brandenburg parliamentary elections.
• Despite the right-wing predictions of victory, the SPD maintained its primacy with a 30.9% thanks to the efforts of Dietmar Woidke.
• As a result of this competition, electoral participation grew by more than 10 points compared to 2019.
• AfD and BSW, a newly formed party, gathered almost 43% of the vote, surpassing the 40% that usually belongs to traditional parties.
• The Christian Democrats (CDU) fell to 12.1%, an apparent punishment to their leader, Friedrich Merz, followed by the disappearance from parliament of the Greens and Liberals.
• In the regions of former East Germany, the far right has achieved excellent results, driven by anti-immigrant campaigns.

Conclusion: The German election results indicate a rise in the extreme right, complicating the political landscape. On the other hand, the traffic light coalition achieves a brief respite with the SPD's victory, but this carries a serious warning for the next general elections.

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