GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR MERZ SAYS THAT IN THE SAXONY-ANHALT STATE ELECTION, VOTERS GAVE THE AFD AND THE BSW — 'TWO AUTHORITARIAN AND EXTREMIST PARTIES' — A COMBINED ABSOLUTE MAJORITY FOR THE FIRST TIME, NOTING IT WAS A SECRET BALLOT AND 'WE DO NOT KNOW WHO EXACTLY GAVE THEIR VOTES TO THE AFD CANDIDATE'.