Donald Trump has said the historic state election victory for the far-right AfD party in Germany was sparked by the country’s “horrible” immigration rules - and claimed the party is “on the rise”.
The regional election in Saxony-Anhalt has caused a political earthquake in Germany, with chancellor Friedrich Merz saying he was “deeply shocked” after the anti-immigration party got 44 per cent of the vote in what he called as a “seismic” defeat.
