The far-right group Alternative for Germany is on the verge of winning elections in Saxony and Thuringia in east Germany.
A far-right German political party that has had leaders sanctioned for speaking well of Nazis is close to winning two state elections.
Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is running a pro-Russia, anti-immigration campaign to secure the spots in the formerly communist eastern Germany, is ahead in several polls and expected to win about 30% of Sunday’s vote.
The party is eyeing seats in Saxony and Thuringia, home to around 4.1 million and 2.1 million people respectively, where the people have been vocal about their dissatisfaction with the sitting Social Democratic Party of Germany.
Their main concerns center around Russia’s war with Ukraine, slow economic growth, the transition to green energy and a renewed debate about migration sparked by a recent terror attack –– the latter of which the AfD has latched on to.
