Thuringia, which has a population of 2.1 million,holds state elections on Sept. 1, and the fiercely anti-immigration AfD is leading the polls, on 30 percent.

Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) for regional elections in Thuringia Bjoern Hoecke arrives at the State Parliament in Erfurt on September 1.

State elections in Saxony and Thuringia showcased the rise of anti-establishment parties and the first time a far-right party finishes first in a state election in Germany since World War II.

Thuringia, in particular, shows how openly even the nominally left parties cooperate with the AfD. After Kemmerich’s resignation and his re-election in February 2020, Ramelow himself worked at ...

Germany’s Enemy Within examines how such anti-immigrant rhetoric has found a foothold in Germany, allegations that it has inspired attacks, and how, if Höcke and the AfD win power in Thuringia ...

ERFURT, Germany (AP) — It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to ...

Map of Germany featuring Thuringia in red (center) and Saxony in blue, (right). [Photo by NordNordWest/WSWS / CC BY-SA 3.0] The collapse of the Left Party was even more drastic.

Bjoern Hoecke top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, party waves to supporters during an election campaign rally in Suhl, Germany, Aug. 13.

In Germany, a disturbing rise for the far right and an eerie sense of deja-vu To observers of Napoleon and Hitler, the results of elections in Thuringia and Saxony might seem familiar ...

The SPD is on track to win just 6-7% of the vote in Saxony and Thuringia, a poor performance for what has long been one of Germany's two big-tent parties.