Gains expected for right-wing AfD in German state elections
Uncertainty and anger at migrant crisis has boosted populist party for Sunday’s elections
People, including one man wearing a T-shirt that reads “Ami Go Home” in reference to the continued presence of US troops in Germany, listen to a speech by AfD co-leader Frauke Petry in Baden-Baden, Germany, on March 7th. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
AfD co-leadser Frauke Petry at a party convention in Markneukirchen, Germany, on February 27th. Photograph: Sebastian Willnow/EPA
Even before polls open in Germany’s “Super Sunday” elections, the winner of the three state elections is already clear: the right-wing, populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).
