Saxony-Anhalt: an AfD stronghold in Germany's east
3 sources·Updated August 28, 2026
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- Irish Times World·6d agoLast stand against far-right AfD in Germany’s east
An election in Saxony-Anhalt has become a defining test of whether Germany’s mainstream can still hold the line
Read at Irish Times World → - Guardian International·Aug 27My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick
A sense of abandonment could make Saxony-Anhalt the first state government to be solely led by the AfD. But the party’s hollow promises will only make a dire situation worse It was in the summer of 2004 that I stopped understanding my own people. I was standing on a sweltering…
Read at Guardian International → - DW News EN·Aug 27Saxony-Anhalt: an AfD stronghold in Germany's east
Saxony-Anhalt is a structurally weak, predominantly rural state. Could it become the first German state to be governed by the far-right AfD?
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