The far-right AfD is on course for a landslide win in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. We spoke to historian and journalist Katja Hoyer for her take on why the party has become so popular.
Whether knocking on doors in villages, standing in the middle of town centres or making TikToks, political parties in Saxony-Anhalt are out in force, doing their best to win voters’ support.
But one party is creating more buzz than the others ahead of the election on Sunday, September 6th.
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been consistently polling at around 40 percent – miles ahead of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who currently lead a coalition in the state government, and is hovering at around 22 percent.
It means the AfD are on course to become the strongest force in the state. And is theoretically within reach of securing an absolute majority, allowing it to form a single-party government.
