Overview

• Infratest dimap places the AfD at about 39% in Saxony-Anhalt a year before the 2026 vote, well ahead of the CDU at 27%.
• ZDF-Politbarometer shows the party at 25% nationwide, its highest reading in that series, narrowing the gap to the Union at 27% and leaving Schwarz‑Rot ohne Mehrheit.
• Ulrich Siegmund, the AfD’s lead candidate in Saxony-Anhalt, pairs a large TikTok following of over 560,000 with proposals under his ‘Vision 2026,’ including home schooling in “traditional families,” ending memorial site trips, and allowing citizen patrols.
• The Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz move to classify the AfD as a confirmed right‑wing extremist endeavor is on hold pending the party’s legal challenge; Siegmund earlier lost a state parliament committee chair after reports on his presence at the 2023 Potsdam ‘Remigration’ meeting.
• CDU state leader Sven Schulze rules out working with the AfD and rejects a party ban as counterproductive, while federal commissioner Elisabeth Kaiser cautions against centering public debate on the AfD.