AfD wins in two eastern regions
The far right has once again unsettled German politics, and it did so in two regions with a communist past. Alternative for Germany, known as AfD, won the elections in Saxony-Anhalt and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Those victories are not isolated events but the latest expression of a trend that has been settling in over time.[S1]
Eastern Germany, which was a communist state less than four decades ago, has now consolidated itself as one of the main electoral strongholds of the far right. The pattern has drawn attention beyond the country's borders, since similar shifts are visible in other parts of Europe.[S1]
