Far Right Populism Finds Footing in Germany's Wilderness News from Saxony Anhalt indicates the far right AfD party is polling strongly ahead of the regional election on 6 September 2026.
A historic state election win for the AfD would place them at the helm of a German region for the first time since World War II ended.
The AfD's campaign relies heavily on nostalgia for "the Germany of old," an East German centric vision that romanticizes a bygone era.