More than three decades after Germany's 1990 reunification, lasting east-west divisions may be thrown into stark relief at Sunday's election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
The anti-immigration and Moscow-friendly Alternative for Germany (AfD) is expected to win big and even hopes to take power at the state level, which would be a first for a far-right party in German post-war history.
As much of the east has become an AfD stronghold, the government's commissioner for eastern Germany, lawmaker Elisabeth Kaiser, herself from Thuringia state in the east, spoke to AFP about the historic and cultural factors shaping the region's distinct politics.
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