
AfD Moves Within Reach of Power, BSW May Be Kingmaker in Saxony-Anhalt
Five years of political isolation, institutional pressure, and debate over banning the party have failed to halt the AfD, which rose from 20.8% to 43.8% in Sunday’s election.

Five years of political isolation, institutional pressure, and debate over banning the party have failed to halt the AfD, which rose from 20.8% to 43.8% in Sunday’s election.

The election result is described as a “blue earthquake” in German right-wing media but it may not be enough for the AfD to secure an absolute majority.

Alice Weidel reacted to the aggression by stating “We won’t be intimidated.”

The campaign in Saxony-Anhalt comes as the right-wing populist party holds a commanding lead over the governing CDU.

The Greens-founded NGO relied on AI to help build the legal case that Germany’s most popular party was “demonstrably unconstitutional” and should be banned.

Viktor Orbán, Geert Wilders and Alice Weidel took part in a major rally, organised by the Freedom Party of Austria, in a show of strength that reinforced the image of unity within Europe’s patriotic bloc.

Patriotic European leaders argue that the new system limits national sovereignty, institutionalizes relocations, and penalizes states that refuse to participate in the solidarity mechanism.

New figures have fuelled accusations that the European Commission is imposing costs on businesses and citizens without adequately examining the likely effects.

Authorities in eastern Thuringia are investigating two suspected sexual offenders, with one already in custody and another still at large.

Senior CDU figures are signalling openness to cooperation with Die Linke in eastern Germany, ignoring the right-wing AfD that keeps surging in the polls.