Overview
- Polls show the AfD near 40 percent in Sachsen‑Anhalt, making an absolute majority possible and raising the prospect that the party could form a government after the September 6 election.
- On Saturday the AfD youth wing Generation Deutschland held its Bundeskongress in Magdeburg where leader Jean‑Pascal Hohm demanded the mass “remigration” of migrants and party figures used combative, nativist language.
- The AfD’s regional ‘Sofortprogramm’ calls for cancelling Rundfunkstaatsverträge that underpin public broadcasters such as the MDR but media law experts warn the Federal Constitutional Court requires continuous, full public‑service provision and would likely block token or drastic defunding.
- The federal domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, says it sees programmatic and personnel continuity between the dissolved Junge Alternative and Generation Deutschland, keeping the new youth body and parts of the AfD under heightened scrutiny.
- Business leaders and economic institutes warn that an AfD government could deter investment and cost jobs, with cited estimates pointing to lower per‑capita income and thousands more unemployed if investors avoid the state.