The Shaky Grounds of Nationalism: What Saxony Anhalt's Election Reveals The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's landslide victory in Saxony Anhalt is being hailed as a seismic event, but its significance goes far beyond the regional confines of eastern Germany.
The AfD's ascension to power serves as a warning sign for Europe's democratic institutions, which are increasingly under siege from nationalist and populist forces.
Saxony Anhalt's election has profound implications for Germany's centrist coalition government.