The far right wins a historic victory in Germany

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  Germany's far-right AfD party secures a major victory in a state election watched by the world.

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  It's Tuesday, September 8th.

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  I'm Gideon Resnick.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  Germany's far-right AfD party won a seismic victory in a regional election over the weekend,

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  and is on the brink of governing a state for the first time in its history.

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  Its 35-year-old regional leader, Ulrich Siegmund, told crowds on Sunday that they were taking their country back.

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  In the end, the AfD gained nearly 44% of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt,

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  putting them far ahead of the center-right CDU, the current governing party.

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  It did this in part by delivering massive gains among voters who normally stay at home.

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  The result puts the AfD just short of an outright majority, with difficult negotiations to come.

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  Most of Germany's political parties have ruled out a coalition because they regard AfD as a threat to democracy.

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  For nearly eight decades, since Nazi Germany, this so-called firewall has helped keep the far right out of power.

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  Max Hofmann is the Berlin bureau chief for the German broadcaster DW,

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