While AfD supporters are celebrating their win in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, many locals are worried about what happens next. We spoke to the Greens to find out how the opposition is feeling.
When the results for the Saxony-Anhalt state election were announced on Sunday evening, members of the far-right AfD were ecstatic – and so too were the more than 500,000 people that voted for them.
The party managed to get nearly 43.8 percent of the vote. For the first time since the end of World War II, a party classified by Germany's domestic intelligence agency as "confirmed right-wing extremist" could govern a state in the Bundesrepublik.
The feeling is very different among other residents, many of whom campaigned tirelessly in a bid to keep the AfD out of power. Overall, around 1.3 million in the state that is home to a total of 2.14 million inhabitants cast a vote in Sunday's election.
Although it's still unclear whether the AfD will take control of the government (they just missed out on an absolute majority), there are fears over what the landslide win means for people from minority groups, including the LGBTQ community and people with an immigration background.
