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AfD Saxony-Anhalt is a racist extremist group, according to the German state's intelligence agency. The party may well trounce its rivals in this weekend's state election.
The state of Saxony-Anhalt, in eastern Germany, is holding elections on Sunday that could produce the first far-right state government in the country since the end of the Nazi era.
RAGUHN-JESSNITZ, Germany — The first brick to fall in Germany’s so-called firewall against the far right was this town of some 9,000 people in the small eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Germany's AfD's TikTok-fueled rise in Saxony-Anhalt is raising fears the country could see its first far-right governor since World War II.
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Germany’s far right is expected to notch a decisive election victory in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, a result that could put the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, closer than ever to leading one of the country’s 16 states.
Ulrich Siegmund, 35, once sold air fresheners. Now his far-right party is the favorite to win a state election in eastern Germany on Sunday.
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