2026年10月6日，AfD成员汉斯-托马斯·蒂尔施奈德和托比亚斯·劳施在德国萨克森-安哈尔特州马格德堡的州议会。
Hans-Thomas Tillschneider and Tobias Rausch, both members of the AfD, at the regional parliament in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, October 6, 2026.
保守派总理弗里德里希·默茨及其由基督教民主联盟（CDU）和社会民主党（SPD）组成的联盟的下行螺旋似乎没有尽头。
The downward spiral for conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his coalition, which brings together the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD), appears to be endless.
九月三场州选举的余震进一步动摇了一个在柏林执政不足18个月、且已因反复危机而削弱的政府。
The aftershocks of the three September state elections have further destabilized a government that has been in power in Berlin for less than 18 months and was already weakened by repeated crises.
面对东德极右翼的崛起和柏林激进左翼的兴起，基民盟和社民党似乎都束手无策。如今，他们互相指责对方威胁联盟的生存。
Both the CDU and SPD seem at a loss in the face of the rise of the far right in eastern Germany and of the radical left in Berlin. Now, they are accusing each other of threatening the survival of their alliance.
周二（10月6日），德国选择党（AfD）一名成员当选萨克森-安哈尔特州议会议长，这是二战以来极右翼政党首次担任此职位，随后多位社民党知名人士公开批评其联盟伙伴。
Several prominent SPD figures publicly criticized their coalition partner after a member of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was elected president of the Saxony-Anhalt regional parliament on Tuesday, October 6, marking the first time a far-right party had held such a position since World War II.
计票显示，托比亚斯·劳施获得了基民盟的四票支持，尽管即使没有这些票他也能获胜，且这违背了该党官方的“防火墙”政策——即完全拒绝与极右翼合作或结盟。
The tally suggests that Tobias Rausch received four votes from the CDU, even though he would have won without them and despite the party's official "firewall" policy – its total refusal of cooperation or alliance with the far right.
当另一名被视为更激进的AfD成员汉斯-托马斯·蒂尔施奈德也很可能凭借基民盟的选票当选州议会副议长时，这一情景再次上演。
The scenario repeated itself when another AfD member, Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, seen as more radical, was also likely elected vice president of the regional parliament with CDU votes.