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At some point, German voters might ditch the mainstream parties for good
Constantin Eckner
Unlike the AfD, a pop-up populist party founded only in 2013, the party has deep, and troubling, roots in Austrian politics
Nigel Jones
The government may hit the panic button if the rise of the AfD cannot be halted
The stronger Alternative für Deutschland and potentially Wagenknecht’s new party become, the harder it will be for centrist parties to avoid collaborating with either of the two
Berlin is a left-wing island surrounded by the sea of states of former East Germany, which are rapidly moving to the far right
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Thuringia’s elections ought not to matter too much to the outside world. But it was here that the Nazis had their first electoral breakthrough