A joint AfD–BSW Ukraine vote in Saxony-Anhalt tests Germany’s political firewall. How can the AfD gain parliamentary influence without governing? Continue reading Germany’s Political Firewall Faces a New Test: How the AfD Can Gain Influence Without Governing
The AfD’s victory in Saxony-Anhalt collides with a hard labour-market fact: the state’s health system depends heavily on foreign doctors and other skilled workers. Continue reading Germany Needs Foreign Doctors. What Happens When the AfD Wins Where They Are Needed Most?
After the AfD won 43.8 percent in Saxony-Anhalt, German civil-society groups began preparing for a different kind of confrontation. Recht Solidarisch is examining how migration law, education rules and constitutional protections could limit government action. Continue reading Germany’s Resistance to the Far Right Is Moving From the Streets to the Law
From Karachi, I have grown used to seeing Germany’s political map divided by a border that officially disappeared in 1990. Election night brings it back. Television maps turn parts of the former East blue for the Alternative für Deutschland, while much of the old West looks different enough to sustain a comforting explanation: AfD belongs mainly to Germany’s unfinished reunification story. Then I looked again at Baden-Württemberg. The AfD received 18.8 percent there in March 2026, almost double its 9.7 percent result five years earlier, and it captured the Mannheim I constituency. It did not win the state, but a … Continue reading Germany Thought the AfD Was an Eastern Problem. Then the West Started Moving
Saxony-Anhalt’s AfD landslide points to a troubling political mechanism: economic insecurity can weaken an old political taboo when voters stop trusting established parties to protect their future. A Ballot Cast Against Decline On Sunday night in Magdeburg, one number changed … Continue reading When Economic Fear Weakens Political Taboo: Inside AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt Surge
