Petr Bystron MEP: Why AfD Won First Place in Saxony-Anhalt and What It Means Nationally

Podcast: Hearts of Oak Podcast · heartsofoak

Opublikowano: 2026-09-11

Join us for another episode of Hearts of Oak Podcast, where we're honoured to have the return of Petr Bystron, a Member of the European Parliament representing the Alternative for Germany (AfD), as our guest. In this episode, Petr Bystron gives the background to the AfD’s result in Saxony-Anhalt — a win so large, he says, yet the old parties still refuse to govern with them. He walks through the vote, the so-called firewall, Friedrich Merz’s deal with the Social Democrats, and why he thinks the CDU has left the ground it held under Helmut Kohl. He als...