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Another victory for the far right in a German state election has confirmed European liberals' worst fears. With many critical European elections approaching in 2027, debates about the proper limits of popular sovereignty and other fundamental tenets of liberalism are now of paramount importance.

PARIS—Coming just a couple weeks after the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) won the largest share of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt’s state election, the electoral results in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern confirm that Germany has entered the same cycle of hyper-political polarization already visible across much of Europe.