
Establishment Parties Push Through Reform To Curb Surging AfD
German mainstream parties are trying to weaken the rising AfD with a sweeping reform of parliamentary rules in Saxony-Anhalt.

German mainstream parties are trying to weaken the rising AfD with a sweeping reform of parliamentary rules in Saxony-Anhalt.

The effort to ‘AfD-proof’ Saxony-Anhalt is only the latest in a series of measures taken over recent months and years to weaken and marginalise the populists.

One state parliament is stripping itself of powers so that the opposition cannot use them when it takes control.