A state election tests Germany’s far-right firewall

On Sunday, voters in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in East-Central Germany will go to the polls to elect a new government. Election outcomes in relatively small German states might not seem that interesting to outside observers. Polling suggests, however, that this election could produce an outcome without precedent in po

With Germany’s far right party ahead in the polls, voters in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt are gearing up for what could be one of the most significant elections in the country’s post-war history.