A growing CDU rebellion in Saxony-Anhalt could complicate efforts for the centre-right party to form a government if the AfD fails to win an outright majority in Sunday’s election.
A new poll puts the AfD on course for a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, while the CDU may need support from other parties to prevent an AfD government.
Migration, public broadcasting, schools, and government reform are among the priorities in AfD’s programme as polls put it within reach of a historic victory.
East Germans are flocking to the AfD because they’ve lived through socialism once, Wolfgang Blume says—and they can see it returning in the increasingly socialist policies of the establishment parties.
With just four months until the state election, the right-wing party is on track for a potential outright majority while Germany’s mainstream parties face collapse in the east.
