Author: Deniz Torcu, Adjunct Professor of Globalization, Business and Media, IE University

On September 6, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, more than double the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)‘s 17.2%. Turnout was 77.8%, the highest in the state’s history of free elections. The party campaigned on a platform that included a deportation and remigration offensive, and pursuing “all […]