
Culture
AfD: from euroscepticism to Germany’s second-largest party and provisional leader in Saxony-Anhalt
Alternative für Deutschland has gone in just over a decade from failing to enter the Bundestag to securing 20.8% in the 2025 federal election and provisionally reaching 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt. Its development combines nationalism, opposition to further European integration, restrictive immigration policies and growing scrutiny from German institutions.
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