German Far-Right Surges, in Threat to Postwar Taboo on Extremists in Power

Scritto il 05/09/2026
da Jim Tankersley, Tatiana Firsova and Christopher F. Schuetze

Sunday’s vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt could produce the strongest showing in the history of the Alternative for Germany party, and potentially a far-right government in the statehouse.Ulrich Siegmund, the Alternative for Germany party’s main candidate in Saxony-Anhalt. Surveys suggest the far-right party could be the first to win a German state election since World War II.