Sept 11 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that events in Europe, including the far-right victory in a German state election, were the result of "system errors" committed by globalists in the West.

The AfD may not end up controlling Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state despite a landslide election victory, but the far-right party's "dream result" sends a clear message.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni believes that the "firewall" policy maintained by Germany's mainstream parties to keep the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) out of power is ineffective.

This idea challenges the deeply held and decades-long German memory culture that insists people must never forget the Nazis’ crimes. The AfD describes German memory culture in its manifesto as a "guilt complex".

The far-right party won 44 percent of the vote in elections in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

The Alternative for Germany appealed on Monday to lawmakers from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives to support its ​bid to rule Saxony-Anhalt after the far-right party surged into first place in the eastern German state's election.

Far-right German party’s newly elected representatives face fresh scrutiny as it tries to form government in Saxony-Anhalt

Following his election victory, AfD lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, Ulrich Siegmund, has sparked outrage with comments on the defence industry and migration. View on euronews

By Andreas Rinke and Kirsti Knolle BERLIN, Sept 9 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz accused the Alternative for Germany on Wednesday of supporting Russia against Germany's interests and advocating anti-migration policies that were tantamount to "ethnic cleansing".